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“They don’t just hold the line—they draw it. And if you cross it, you better hope you're union.”

Category: Labor Union
Primary Power Base: Back of the Yards, Ashland Corridor, scattered packing floors in New City
Reach: Citywide
Veil Involvement: Rumored

Public Face

Local 367 represents meat cutters, slaughterhouse workers, and processing plant laborers. Publicly, the union fights for better wages, safer working conditions, and job security in one of the city’s most dangerous and vital industries. Their rallies are loud, proud, and highly visible, especially during contract season.

True Influence

Local 367 exerts considerable control over labor flow through the remaining slaughter and packing facilities. They broker under-the-table deals, muscle out non-union operations, and maintain a whisper network that lets them shut down distribution with a phone call. Several local aldermen owe them more than votes.

Known Members

• Bruno “The Blade” Szczepanski, Local President – charismatic bruiser and born negotiator with a thick neck and a thicker Rolodex
• Ellie Moretti, Secretary-Treasurer – handles books, keeps secrets, rumored to speak with spirits in the smokehouse shrine
• Patrick O’Shaughnessy, floor rep – fond of whiskey, always knows who’s late and who’s loyal
• “Little Man” Luis Rivera, rally captain – leads chants and watches corners during marches

Allies & Rivals

• Allies: Building Trades Council, The Outfit (via old packinghouse ties), Fear Crew (through shared bloodlines)
• Rivals: CPD Internal Affairs, independent railyard organizers, some IWW-aligned radicals

Assets & Quirks

• Asset: Control over informal hiring rosters at half the active meatpacking plants and a legacy contract with Ashland Railyard freight intake
• Quirks: Keeps a ceremonial cleaver used in every major contract negotiation; holds midnight “meat blessings” on full moons; uses coded butcher chalk marks to pass union orders

Current Agenda

Reclaim political leverage in Back of the Yards
Reinforce contracts threatened by automation and decentralization
Sniff out any Veil-related “corruption” tied to plant accidents or unusual injuries
Prepare for a general strike if terms with the Ashland corridor plants aren’t met

Rumors & Hooks

• Bruno is rumored to have made a pact in the kill floor’s freezing corridor—no blood sticks to his hands
• Ellie may be keeping a second set of books, bound in butcher paper and sealed with old prayer symbols
• The ceremonial cleaver glows faintly red under Veil-warped light
• One old foreman claims he saw a man skinned by something invisible in the smokehouse tunnel
• Whispers say the union hall’s basement holds a preserved hand in salt—a relic from the 1919 strike
• The Outfit may be quietly shifting its support elsewhere… unless the union “proves its loyalty”
• A former union enforcer turned preacher has started speaking out—could stir trouble or secrets
• The crew might be asked to “escort” a scab foreman out of town—or recover a relic stolen from the hall
• Rumor has it CPD is planning an infiltration—someone’s already been bought, but no one knows who