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Preferred Citation

"Your Rights as Workers" American Federation of Labor pamphlet, C0407, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

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Historical Information

The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (AMC), also known as the United Packinghouse Workers of America, is an American labor union. Chartered in 1897 by the American Federation of Labor, "[t]he Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (AMC) was the first national organization dedicated to bringing up the working standards of the meat industry through unionization...United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) was formed in 1943. Because of their large, active, and committed membership, UPWA was able to wield real power at the bargaining table. Through their solidarity, the workers of the UPWA were able to successfully bargain for increased wages and better working conditions" (UFCW.org). The AMC is now known as the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.

Scope and Content

Pamphlet produced by the American Federation of Labor promoting unionization of workers, created 1940. The cover is illustrated with a group of people marching, one prominently holding an American flag with the image of a bald eagle flying above with laurel leaves in its beak. The illustration sits between the text "Your Rights As Workers[.]" The pamphlet is stamped with "Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America Local 112, Reading, Pa." on the lower front.

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Related Material

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