Archive ID: 1981-077-079s

Local 1033 display, panel 17

Date Created: 1938

Donor: Edward Sadlowski

Media Type: Photograph

Language: English

Backstory:

Steelworker George Powers created a historical display for his union, Local 1033 at Republic Steel. The many panels of this display chronicle the history of steelworkers’ union activity both locally and nationally. The panels continue to be displayed at various events in the Local 1033 union hall. Panel 17 shows events from the 1937 Little Steel Strike. During this strike, the Memorial Day Massacre occurred in which 10 strikers at the Republic plant were killed by city police and over one hundred people wounded.

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