1930s Labor Disputes

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Richard T. Frankensteen, U.A.W. organizational director, with coat pulled over his head, is pummeled at the gate of the Ford
River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Mich. May 27,1937. This marked the first outbreak of violence in which 16 were injured. (AP)

 

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Police using guns, clubs and tear gas wade into marching strikers outside Chicago's Republican Steel plant, May 30, 1937 during
violent clashes in the early days of labor union organizations. (AP Photo/Carl Linde)