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Republic Steel, Warren Plant 1937 Strike Scrapbook
Description: Three drawings reflect the concerns of those working in the Republic Steel Corporation's Warren Plant during the 1937 "Little Steel" Strike. Robert Walker drew the cartoons on mailing envelopes; they document unease over receiving mail, violence, and promises made by the Committee for Industrial Organization. The cartoons measure 4.6" by 8" (11.8 by 20.32 cm) and are part of a scrapbook maintained by the Republic Steel Corporation documenting events at its Warren Plant during the strike. The scrapbook is labeled Miscellaneous Communications, Posters and Pictures Relating to the C.I.O. Strike of the Warren Plant of the Republic Steel Corporation, Summer 1937, Vol. III. In June 1936 the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers and the Committee for Industrial Organization (C.I.O.) agreed to a joint effort to organize the steel industry. This led to the formation of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (S.W.O.C.). Soon after the first representatives from the S.W.O.C. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1619_2587042_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Business and Labor; Strikes; Steel industry; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); Labor unions; Cartoons (Commentary)
Places: Niles (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)