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Workers' Protest
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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.
November 13, 1958
Chicago Sun-Times
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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.
Striking Workers Confront Police near McCormick Works
July 31, 1952
View from above of police officers forming a line through striking workers near International Harvester's McCormick Works. Original caption reads: "Harvester Strike, 2500 Blue Island Ave., Capt. Ba...
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.
Police and CIO Clash
March 25, 1941
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 factor...
Farm Equipment Workers Union Mass Meeting
November 5, 1945
Elevated view of members of the Farm Equipment Workers Union meeting in a parking lot of the McCormick Works factory located at the corner of Oakley and Blue Island Streets. Individuals hold picket...
Men Passing Out Hand Bills
April 30, 1959
Albert Johnson, Walter Kazlausks, John Barkauskas, and Ray Shelton stand outside International Harvester's McCormick Works while passing out handbills on the factory closure due to a workers' strike.
