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Republic Steel, Warren Plant 1937 Strike Scrapbook
Description: Two photographs depict the "Labor Holiday" parade that took place in Warren during the 1937 "Little Steel" Strike. The marchers can be seen passing the main gate of Republic Steel's plant on June 23. National Guard troops are also visible in the photographs, which measure 4.5" by 6.5" (11.43 by 16.5 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. arrived in the Mahoning Valley to begin their organizin View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1619_2586904_059
Subjects: Business and Labor; Strikes; Steel industry; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); Labor unions; Parades & processions; Pickets; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Niles (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)