Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee. Joint Council (Sioux City, Iowa)
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Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee. Joint Council (Sioux City, Iowa)
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The PWOC Joint Council was founded in Sioux City in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The Council included delegates from UPWA Local 34 (originally PWOC Industrial Union #389) at Armour, UPWA Local 70 (PWOC Industrial Union #874) at Swift, and possibly members of UPWA Local 176 (Stockhandlers Local Industrial Union #840) from the Sioux City Stockyards. The Council coordinated activities such as mailings, contract negotiations, and political action.
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Labor Day
Labor movement
Labor union locals
Labor unions
Packing-houses
Packing-house workers
Strikes and lockouts
World War, 1939-1945
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Iowa--Sioux City
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