Armour, Swift, Morris and Hammond were the major corporations, but the workers were often unskilled immigrants, part of the black migration from the South after the Civil War and other exploitable populations. The Union Stockyards was in business from 1865 until 30 July 1971.
For 106 years the Chicago Stockyards was the main center of the meat packing industry. At its peak in 1924 it processed more meat than any other place in the world. Today the industry is decentralized.
Railroad lines from both the East and the West came into Chicago.
Meat packing industries had poor working conditions and unsanitary practices in the meat packing plants. Such as workers did not wash hands, no gloves, and also rodents would leave feces in the plant making it unsanitary.
Chicago
The Republican candidate who wanted to represent the workers in the stockyards in the book "The Jungle" was Jurgis Rudkus. He became involved in labor organizing and political activities to fight for better working conditions and fair treatment of workers in the meat-packing industry.
The Jungle (1906)
The population of Ziaran Meat Packing Company is 16.
Michael Cudahy - meat packing - died in 1910.
Michael Cudahy - meat packing - was born in 1841.
The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, Jr. described the meat packing industry in Chicago, IL.
by showing that the meat packing industry did not have high standards of safety and cleanliness
Gustavus F. Swift was a pioneer in developing the meat packing industry.