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  “They aimed to kill the young ones because they were the rebels.” —Boris Ross

  Blog, Chicago Politics

  On May 30, 1937, Memorial Day, Chicago police opened fire on unarmed workers demonstrating against Republic Steel in one of the bloodiest events in our nation’s labor union history. Earlier in the year the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) had worked out a union deal with U.S. Steel, which workers had hoped would push the smaller steel companies to recognize their own unions. Instead, many of the smaller steel companies fought bitterly against union organization. That Memorial Day, the workers […]

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #9]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Raw footage of Bill Veeck in the bleachers at Wrigley Field, with the conversation continued at Murphy’s. Veeck discusses the changing social status of the bleachers  and goes on to point out other examples of changes in the park which illustrate changes in social mores. He also begins to highlight some of the promotions he has created over the years.