On this date, the SWOC, a key organizing body of the CIO, signed its first major union contract with Carnegie-Illinois Steel, a U.S. Steel subsidiary. This marked a turning point in unionizing the steel industry and laid the groundwork for what would become the United Steelworkers.
John L. Lewis was the driving force behind the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, which established the United Steel Workers of America and helped organize millions of other industrial workers.
