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In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937.
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage is a 1937 newsreel of the strike at Republic Steel on Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, which escalated into a massacre when Chicago police fired on protestors (1937 Memorial Day massacre). Ten protesters were killed by the police and thirty others suffered gunshot wounds.
1937 Memorial Day massacre at the Republic Steel Company, Chicago (May 30, 1937). The Little Steel strike was a 1937 labor strike by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and its branch the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), against a number of smaller steel producing companies, principally Republic Steel, Inland Steel, and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.
Worst of all, a peaceful rally in Chicago ended in the Memorial Day Massacre as police fired on the crowd, killing ten and ruining the confidence of the strikers. Little Steel defied SWOC in 1937 but when the defense buildup was in high gear in 1941 Washington forced them to accept the unions.
Memorial Day massacre of 1937, May 30, held to remember demonstrators shot by police in Chicago Nora Fontaine Davidson , credited with the first Memorial Day ceremony in Petersburg, Virginia Patriot Day , September 11, in memory of people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks
Memorial Day massacre of 1937 - Occurred during nationwide strikes against steel companies which refused to sign union contracts. 10 unarmed strikers were shot by police after they attempted to pass through a police blockade.
The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushes a button in Washington, D.C., signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge. May 30 – Memorial Day massacre: the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators during labor strike at US Steel in Chicago. [2]
The "Memorial Day massacre" took place in Chicago as the police fired on a parade of United Steel Workers members and their families, killing 10 people and injuring 40 others, outside of the Republic Steel plant. [181] Another 100 were clubbed by police, 28 of whom suffered serious head injuries. [182]