Rick Halpern examines the links between race relations and unionization
in Chicago's meatpacking industry. Drawing on oral histories and
archival materials, Halpern explores the experiences of and relationship
between black and white workers in a fifty-year period that included
labor actions during World War I, Armour's violent reaction to union
drives in the late 1930s, and organizations like the Stockyards Labor
Council and the United Packinghouse Workers of America.