"C.I.O. ORGANIZERS SIGN STEEL WORKERS! STRUTHERS, OHIO - The steel strike became a weekend siege today, with no hope of peace in sight until after Monday holiday. With production almost stopped at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and the Inland Steel Co. plants, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee concentrated their forced on Republic Steel Corporation plants still operating. Above photo shows C.I.O.-S.W.O.C. organizers signing up steel workers of the Struthers, Ohio plant of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. 5/28/37"
A blog archiving the history of struggle-based, rank-and-file led, militant trade unions through pamphlets, photos & other union ephemera. This blog focuses on C.I.O. unions (1935-1955), and the American "Left's" involvement in social movements. An injury to one is an injury to all!