Civil rights United Packinghouse Workers of America became the main union of the Rath Company, welcoming black workers, but United Auto Workers Local 838 continued to refuse black members. With the power of the union, Anna Mae Weems, Ada Treadwell, Charles Pearson and Jimmy Porter formed an anti-discrimination department at Rath by the 1950s. This department helped organize protests against local places that discriminated against blacks.
Civil rights United Packinghouse Workers of America became the main union of the Rath Company welcoming black workers but United Auto Workers Local 838 continued to refuse black members With the power of the union Anna Mae Weems Ada Treadwell Charles Pearson and Jimmy Porter formed an anti-discrimination department at Rath by the 1950s This department helped organize protests against local places that discriminated against blacks