Sit-down strikers gathered around the crudely constructed cannon and held the fort on the roof of the Dodge plant Wednesday as more than 20,000 union sympathizers held a demonstration in the street. The strikers defied a court injunction ordering them to evacuate.
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Sit-down strikers gathered around the crudely constructed cannon and held the fort on the roof of the Dodge plant Wednesday as more than 20,000 union sympathizers held a demonstration in the street. The strikers defied a court injunction ordering them to evacuate.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1937]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Auto Workers: U.S.

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