Representatives of the Workers Alliance and the Workers Benefit Association lead the move at Dunning Field, St. Paul, to take thirty-five men off a building job, 1939.
For almost a year, picketing, marches, and rallies were held by Local P-9 to protest unsafe working conditions and wage cuts at Hormel. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, box 596 (Hormel strike images).
The nation watched the Hormel strike on the evening news and read about it in newspapers while union leaders across the world watched, waiting to see how long Local P-9 could hold its position. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection, box 596 (Hormel strike images).
Striking lumberjacks standing near strike headquarters, Marenisco, Michigan, 1937. The Minnesota Timber Workers Union sent its organizers to coordinate the Michigan strike.