May - 2016

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:MAY 28, 1937

Police Ignore the Right to Picket On May 28, 1937, an orderly column numbering between 700 and 1000 people marched on Republic Steel’s...

Steelworkers Out on Strike On May 26, 1937, SWOC launched a strike against Little Steel after attempting for a year to negotiate with the...

Ahmed White Discusses THE LAST GREAT STRIKE at one of the Nation's Preeminent Bookstores On May 25, 2016, Professor Cedric Johnson...

Companies Spend Obscene Amounts to Defeat Steelworkers In May 1937, the steel companies moved quickly to prepare for a looming strike....

Workers Route Company Police On May 12, 1937, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, scores of picketers cordoned off the Jones & Laughlin steel...

Republic Steel Rebuffs Union On May 11, 1937, at a meeting between company and union representatives, Republic Steel again refused to...

Ahmed White Discusses THE LAST GREAT STRIKE at one of the Nation's Preeminent Bookstores On May 25, 2016, Professor Cedric Johnson...

Companies Snub Union, Workers on Edge By the second week of May, it was evident that Little Steel would not seriously negotiate with the...

As Possibility of Strike Looms, Steel Companies Prepare for War By May 5, 1937, with a steel strike looming, the sheriff of Mahoning...