Chicago's Memorial Day Massacre of 1937!
In 1937, hundreds of union supporters and theirfamily members attended a Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) picnic on the prairie in front of the Republic Steel plant located at 116th & Burley on the East-Side of Chicago. Molly West, a youthful demonstrator and member of Typographical Union Local 16 at the time, still recalls the command addressed to her: "Get off the field, or I'll put a bullet in your back." Molly was lucky, she survived and is a proud member of CWA Typographical Local 16 to this date! However, ten (10)union supporters were killed by police bullets. ALL were shot in the back! Take this external link for more on the Memorial Day Massacre.
