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Good Shepard Association coalition of ministers demonstrating support for the unionization of County Pride poultry processing plant, United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 27, Hurlock, Maryland, December 21, 1985

1985-12-2126 x 20 cmPhotograph, documentarymonochromeJump to full detailsRequest from Special Collections

Summary:Reverse caption reads: "A coalition of ministers played a key role helping the Food and Commercial Workers to organize 500 poultry workers at the County Pride plant in Hurlock, Md. Just a year after narrowly losing a representatives election at the plant, the UFCW was the overwhelming choice in a lopsided 321-64 vote. With the ministers are UFCW Local 27 organizers. Ruby Wolford and business agent Gilbert Cephas." For complete collection information, visit the full finding aid at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42579
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:Maryland
Hurlock
Temporal subject: 1981-1990
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Maryland
Geographical subject – Settlement:Hurlock
Topical subjects:AFL-CIO
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
labor
ArchivesUM location:AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection
  • series 1: Subject Files, 1890-1995
  • subseries 3: Photographs, 1975-1995
  • box : 6
  • folder 1: Organizing, general
  • accession 2014-001-RG96-001
Repository:Historical Manuscripts
Browse terms:Religion
Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor
Copyright holder:AFL-CIO
Collection:Digital Collections
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