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Police and CIO Clash
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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.
March 25, 1941
Emme, George
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IH Workers on Strike
November 13, 1958
International Harvester factory workers hold signs as they picket while participating in a "steel strike" near Tractor Works.
International Harvester Workers on Strike
January 30, 1941
Elevated view of striking International Harvester factory workers holding signs and an American flag as they stand near the company's Tractor Works.
Walter Howaniec with Strike Signs
August 21, 1952
A man, probably Walter Howaniec, stands outside the McCormick Works factory while holding two picket signs during a worker strike.
Workers' Protest
November 13, 1958
Factory workers hold signs as they picket while participating in a strike. A uniformed police officer looks on from the right. The workers are picketing near International Harvester's Tractor Works.
Allis-Chalmers Factory Gate During Strike
November 25, 1946
Allis-Chalmers factory gate during strike. Railroad tracks are in the foreground and a large group of police officers stand inside of and coming out of the gate.
Plankinton Meat Packing Strike
April 20, 1948
Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing.
