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The yards where medical extracts for hospitals were prepared were 60 degrees below zero

Packing brains into cans in the cold made the nails lift workers nails separate from their fingers.

The tops of the quart jars used to package pickled pigs feet were "sharp and jagged," causing workers to cut themselves consistently. The vinegar used to pickle the pigs feet would cause pain as it seeped into open wounds.

At Cudahy's and Wilson's sausage, the floor was described as wet and greasy.

While pulling nearly 200 pounds of sausage and cages, Pat Christie described how they would dislocate finger joints.

Margaret Hueyler described how boning tongues required handling boiling hot meat and caused blisters on her fingers.

Agnes Sullivan described packing work meat into can with bare hands, causing abrasions.

Sullivan also described how scooping hot sauce over tamales burned if it hit your skin or eyes.

Helen Wocz described how during the night shift rats would invade the barrels of meat and they feared reaching in to touch a live rat. She also described how a girl had a rat crawl up her trouser leg, then scratch and bite her.

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There was a "sickening odor" noted when cleaning brains.

Cleaning tripe was identified as the worst smell and that of decay.

Stella Janacek described working in the soup room and peeling onions that were half rotten and smelled so badly it was hard to see and work with a knife.

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While cleaning tripe the rotten odor was identified as coming from "rotten, yellow stuff."

When packing pickled pigs feet Pat Christie described how workers held five quart jars in each hand, one on each finger, and looked like "a Buck Rogers creation."

One worker acquired red spots on their face, neck, and arms from vinegar splashing during the vinegar operation.

The observation was made that "they usually put the colored girls on that vinegar job," pickling pigs feet.

Hueyler described how she preferred trimming jobs with a knife rather than boning because she hated to have her hands blistered and looking "like red lobsters."

Agnes Sullivan discussed how the sauce used to can tamales was so strong that it stained clothing and made it fall apart.

Sullivan described how the walls of her employer had signs like "what's your hurry" and safety pays, while commenting that you can't produce and follow these signs.

Helen Wocz discussed how seeing rats was a regular occurrence during the night shift. She also described how a rat attacked a girl, and due to medical care, the girl was left with "a big scar on her mouth and cheek."

Wocz also mentioned how women had to hide their pregnancies from their employers to keep their jobs.

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Workers had to argue and engage in conflict before employers furnished workers with rubber gloves when canning pigs feet in quart jars with vinegar.

Pat Christie described how they and another worker did a lot of talking and implied that this is how they were identified as CIO union. They credited this for the reason why they were put to work pickling pigs feet, which ultimately made them quit.

Christie discussed how some women, particularly the Polish women, did not have an interest in joining unions and would say regularly that their husbands could.

Margaret Hueyler described how the operation of boning tongues would overwhelm the workers and when the conveyor belt was stopped, it caused "a lot of confusion and bawling out."

When workers would not move fast enough, Hueyler stated that bosses would come yell at them to "get busy" and how they had no choice but to obey.

Helen Wocz discussed how aggressive rats caused the women in the packing house to cry and scream.

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There is no mention of taste in this collection of accounts.

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Burke, Betty. Packinghouse Workers. Chicago, Illinois, 1939. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/wpalh000048/.