100,000 WALK OUT
U.S. MEAT^ PACKERS EFFECT ON SUPPLIES TRUMAN'S PLEA IGNORED (N.Z.P. A.—Copyright.) (10 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 16. The strike of Congress of Industrial Organisations’ packing-house workers against the nation’s major meat packers and scores of independent packers for higher wages began at a minute after midnight in the respective time zones of the United States. A total of 100,000 union workers were called out. The industry spokesman said that this would cut the nation’s meat supply in half. The strike was called despite an eleventh-hour plea to the union by President Truman to continue working until a special board, as yet unnamed, had publicly investigated the dispute and reported to him. About 140 meat-packing firms are involved in the strike, including major concerns.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22588, 17 March 1948, Page 5
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