The leader of the 1919 Steel Strike looks at the unionizing efforts of the C.I.O.’s Steel Workers Organizing Committee at the beginning of 1937. Within a month of this writing, U.S. Steel’s resistance would be broken and a collective bargaining agreement achieved. However, a few months later, the SWOC was defeated in the epic confrontation with Little Steel, costing the lives of a dozen workers.

What Means a Strike in Steel by William Z. Foster. Workers Library Publishers, New York. February, 1937.

Contents: I) The Prospects for a National Steel Strike, The Long Struggle of the Steel Workers, A Favorable Outlook, A Huge Strike in the Making, The Vital Issues at Stake, II) Steel Strike Strategy, The United Front, A Determined Objective, A Maximum Mobilization of Forces, The Proper Time and Place, Political Action in the Strike, III) Steel Strike Organization, Strike Preparation, Democratic Strike Leadership, Mass Strike Activities, Strike Publicity, Strike Relief, Strike Defense, Mobilizing the Strike Reserves, IV) Consolidating the Victory, Organizing the Millions of Unorganized, Reorganize the Trade Unions, Reunite the Americas Federation of Labor, The Struggle for World Peace, Role of the C.I.O. 68 pages.

Workers Library Publishers replaced Daily Workers Publishers as the main pamphlet printing house of the Communist Party in 1927. International Publishers was originally meant to translate works into English, but became the CP’s main book publisher.

PDF of pamphlet: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1637&context=prism