Photograph
Police and CIO Clash
| Police officer and marchers from a Congress of Industrial Organizations (also known as the Committee of Industrial Organization) union clash outside International Harvester's McCormick Works factory during a worker strike. Men watch the fight from a bridge or walkway in the background. The man in the center of the photograph with a clenched fist is Ruben Silverman. |
| Image ID: | 81708 |
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| Creation Date: | 03 25 1941 |
| Creator Name: | Emme, George |
| City: | Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | McCormick - International Harvester |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | Chicago Sun-Times Negative |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| The CIO merged with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO in 1955. Photograph taken for "Chicago Sun-Times" newspaper. The original caption reads, "Fists and nightsticks -- CIO marchers and police swing them in battle at International Harvester McCormick works. In this clash, the CIOer came out second best - but only after Policeman Nicholas Roder (hatless at right) was slugged off his feet. (TIMES Photo - Other pictures on pages 2, 3, 28 and 29)." |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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