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CANNING & PICKLE WORKERS UNION
The struggle for union recognition at the H.J.
Heinz Co. in Pittsburgh is a not well known but unique and important
aspect of worker history in Pittsburgh. Labor priests, from the Catholic
Church of Pittsburgh and left-wing organizers helped bring about a union
election victory in 1937. But, four more turbulent years elapsed and a
Supreme Court decision had to be entered before the union achieved clear
cut recognition and a signed contract. This development had repercussions
for Westinghouse in East Pittsburgh which also deferred a contract for
four years, prior to the resolution of the Heinz case.
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![Strike at H.J. Heinz Co. [1940's?]](/images/heinzstrike.gif){kind=link}