Down on the killing floor
by Rick Halpern · 1997
This detailed study of the relationship between race relations and unionization in Chicago's meatpacking industry draws on traditional primary and secondary materials and on an extensive set of interviews conducted in the mid-1980s that explore subjective dimensions of the workers' experience.
Race relationsUnited Packinghouse Workers of AmericaPacking-house workersHistoryAfrican American packing-house workersLabor unionsPacking-housesAfrican americans, illinois, chicagoChicago (ill.), social conditions