Packing houses strike files, 1948.

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Packing houses strike files, 1948.

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Letters, telegrams, postcards, clippings, and photographs documenting Youngdahl's actions during the CIO/United Packinghouse Workers of America strike at the packing houses of Swift and Company (South St. Paul), Wilson and Company (South St. Paul and Albert Lea), and Cudahy and Company (Newport). They particularly detail his decision to call out the National Guard to control illegal picketing and his efforts to assist in negotiations between the union and the packing companies.

0.4 cu. ft. (10 folders).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6707162

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

Minnesota. Governor (1947-1951 : Youngdahl)

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Swift and Company.

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Wilson Foods Corporation.

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Minnesota. National Guard

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Youngdahl, Luther W., 1896-1978

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United Packinghouse Workers of America

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