2026-05-30: Chicago police killed ten steelworkers at Republic Steel on Memorial Day 1937 — a turning point in American labor history
Chicago Police shot and killed ten steelworkers on May 30, 1937 during a labor demonstration at Republic Steel in South Chicago — an event that became known as the Memorial Day Massacre.
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