THE SOUTHEAST CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Images in the collection -- Subject SCH Labor General

Labor - Local 1033 on the picket line

Local 1033 picketers on strike after World War II

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Meeting

Union meeting at Marquette Gardens, 83rd and Marquette Avenue. Members gather outside.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; SCH_South_Chicago; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Meeting

Union meeting at Marquette Gardens, 83rd and Marquette Avenue. Members arrive for meeting, exterior view.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; SCH_South_Chicago; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Parade Float

United Steel Workers of American USA Local 65 CIO parade float

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Local 65 Strikers

"This Plant on Strike" Local 65 strikers pass time by playing checkers

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - On Strike

Group of men standing outside shed with painted "On Strike CIO"

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Protesters

Protesting workers seated on steps with anti-Abel sign. Sign reads "Abel - Bosses waiter, labor's traitor"

Subject: SCH_Labor_General; SCH_Industry,_Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor - Steelworkers March

Group of steel workers marching down unidentified street. Two American flags carried in front of the marchers.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor, Steel Strike Headlines

Newspaper headlines and articles about steel strike in 1959. Image from Local 1033 exhibit.

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Labor, This Plant on Strike

Two workers playing checkers at United States Steel South Works while on strike. Sign reads "This Plant on Strike - Local 65 United Steel Workers of America." Ore dock unloaders in background.

Subject: SCH_South_Chicago; SCH_Labor,_Local_65_(US_Steel); SCH_Labor_General; U.S._Steel; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Memorial Day Massacre "Who Said Police Brutality"

Four policemen carry injured man, May 30, 1937. Quote is taken from a Local 1033 labor exhibit in the 1970s.

Subject: SCH_East_Side; Republic_Steel; LTV; SCH_Labor_General; SCH_Labor,_Memorial_Day_Massacre; Format: Photograph (all forms)

Sadlowski Supporters

Group of steelworkers with signs in support of Ed Sadlowski. One reads "The Right Man Sadlowski Right Now"

Subject: SCH_Industry,_Steel; SCH_Labor_General; Format: Photograph (all forms)

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