On This Date in Minnesota History: November 3

November 3, 1959 - The Wilson & Company packinghouse strike begins in Albert Lea, Minn. The conflict “between Wilson & Co. and the United Packinghouse Workers Local 6 began as a dispute about mandatory overtime hours scheduled by the company. It escalated after the workers’ contract expired between the two entities Sept. 1, 1959, and then on Nov. 3, 1959, the union officially called strike. The strike lasted through Feb. 23, 1960, when the two entities agreed to arbitration, though many workers were not called back for months.” 

http://www.albertleatribune.com/2010/02/24/the-big-strike-ends/

Strikers march down South Broadway in Albert Lea, MN (1960)

http://www.albertleasucks.com/2013/07/the-strike.html

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