The 1980s was a turbulent time for the country and especially the meatpacking industry. During this time, the economy was in a deep recession, with unemployment figures reaching levels not seen since the Great Depression. In the midst of this chaos, numerous changes were occurring in the meatpacking industry, most notably the restructuring of the American unions. As numerous meatpacking plants were closing and reopening with non-union workforces, a local union in a small southern Minnesota meatpacking town decided that it would not give into the demands of corporate America. This struggle against the Geo. A. Hormel & Company (Hormel) would turn into a David and Goliath like struggle, eventually capturing the audience of not only the to...
Structural change is a disruptive process. Whether you are in the steel industry in the 1970's ...
Huseby bruk was a large isolated industry that bloomed during the 19th century and was located in th...
Review of: Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest. Fink, Debora
Consolidation and structural changes in the food industry have had profound impacts on firms, employ...
The loss of the traditional, family farm to agri-business has accelerated since the mid 1970s. Incre...
[Excerpt] In December 1984 Local P-9 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) launched a co...
The history of the meat packing industry of the Midwest offers an excellent illustration of the grow...
[Excerpt] The dispute between the United Food and Commercial Workers and its Local P-9 over the long...
In December of 1984, the members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local P-9 initiated a ...
This squall between the packers and the producers of this country ought to have blown over forty yea...
Clear and continuing changes in the structure of the U.S. meatpacking industry have significantly in...
Rural farming communities throughout the Prairies and Great Plains have sought to reverse decades of...
In the 1980s, the American meat industry began restructuring both its domestic production methods an...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-42).Labor market trends are often examined in light of th...
In the 1980s, the American meat industry began restructuring both its domestic production methods an...
Structural change is a disruptive process. Whether you are in the steel industry in the 1970's ...
Huseby bruk was a large isolated industry that bloomed during the 19th century and was located in th...
Review of: Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest. Fink, Debora
Consolidation and structural changes in the food industry have had profound impacts on firms, employ...
The loss of the traditional, family farm to agri-business has accelerated since the mid 1970s. Incre...
[Excerpt] In December 1984 Local P-9 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) launched a co...
The history of the meat packing industry of the Midwest offers an excellent illustration of the grow...
[Excerpt] The dispute between the United Food and Commercial Workers and its Local P-9 over the long...
In December of 1984, the members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local P-9 initiated a ...
This squall between the packers and the producers of this country ought to have blown over forty yea...
Clear and continuing changes in the structure of the U.S. meatpacking industry have significantly in...
Rural farming communities throughout the Prairies and Great Plains have sought to reverse decades of...
In the 1980s, the American meat industry began restructuring both its domestic production methods an...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-42).Labor market trends are often examined in light of th...
In the 1980s, the American meat industry began restructuring both its domestic production methods an...
Structural change is a disruptive process. Whether you are in the steel industry in the 1970's ...
Huseby bruk was a large isolated industry that bloomed during the 19th century and was located in th...
Review of: Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest. Fink, Debora