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Republic Steel, Warren Plant 1937 Strike Scrapbook
Description: Two photographs document the first truck shipment leaving through the main gate at the Republic Steel Corporation's Warren Plant during the 1937 "Little Steel" Strike. The first photograph depicts the four trucks departing. In the second photograph, the drivers of the first truck fleet are posing for the camera. These 4.5" by 6.5" (11.43 by 16.5 cm) photographs 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_2587104_033
Subjects: Transportation; Business and Labor; Strikes; Steel industry; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); Labor unions; Trucks
Places: Niles (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)