United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. District Union 427 (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Northeast Ohio labor union representing employees involved in the sale or processing of food, especially butchers, packing-house workers and fur industry workers. It was known until 1979 as Meat Cutters District 427 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, when the international merged with the Retail Clerks International Union to become the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Sam Pollock served as president, 1953-73, and was succeeded by Frank Cimino, who later became an officer of the international body.

From the description of Records, 1947-1983, 1969-1983. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 23465304

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creatorOf United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. District Union 427 (Cleveland, Ohio). Records, 1947-1983, 1969-1983. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Ohio--Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Subject
Butchers
Clerks (Retail trade)
Collective labor agreements
Collective labor agreements
Food industry and trade
Food industry and trade
Fur trade
Fur workers
Grocery trade
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Labor unions
Labor union welfare funds
Low-income housing
Meat industry and trade
Old age pensions
Packing houses
Packing-house workers
Pension trusts
Retail trade
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1947

Active 1983

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