September 6 - Packinghouse Workers Win Master Contract

06/09/2025 1 min Episodio 2620
September 6 - Packinghouse Workers Win Master Contract

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1941. The Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, part of the CIO, and Armour & Company signed a master contract.  This was the first such contract in the meatpacking industry. Within two years, three other major meatpackers also signed agreements with the union.