In the 1950s, company management at a poultry plant in Gainesville owned by industry pioneer Jesse Jewell led a violent mob against workers trying to unionize under Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. Jewell is famous for making Gainesville the “poultry capital of the world” with innovations in production. A National Labor Relations Board trial examiner found the company liable for instigating a riot, but the plant remained union-free.