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Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir (1st Edition) by Cheri Register Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-06-093684-3 / 0060936843 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-093684-6 / 9780060936846 In 1959, meatpackers in the little Minnesota town of Albert Lea went on strike to demand better working conditions and higher rates of pay. The plant's owners brought in strikebreakers from nearby towns, violence ensued, the governor of Minnesota called in the National Guard, and for a few days news |