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Labor Disputes Sweep Midwest Across States
Nearly 1,000 Michigan National Guardsmen kept the peace at Hillsdale as labor unrest surged across the Midwest. Essex Wire Corp reopened by governor order after a collapsed negotiation and a five day plant closure. Violence flared in Wisconsin Indiana and Ohio as unions clashed with police and pickets at several plants including Pressed Steel Tank Evansville Dana Corp Marion and White Motor Cleveland.
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Michigan National
Hillsdale
Mich
Midwest
Essex Wire Corp
George Romney
International Union of Electrical Workers
IWE
Essex
Teamsters Union
Hillsdale County
Romney
Ality
West Ailis
Wis
Louis Reinschn
Marquette University
Teamsters’ Union Local 215
Indiana
Dana Corp
Marion
United Auto Workers
Big White Motor Co
Cleveland
Ohio