#OtD 3 Mar 1937 a strike at Holmes Foundry in Ontario, Canada, turned into a race riot.

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#OtD 3 Mar 1937 a strike at Holmes Foundry in Ontario, Canada, turned into a race riot. After a wildcat by Polish & Italian immigrant workers, bosses sent Canadian-born strikebreakers with clubs to attack and replace the strikers, who were sacked https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10212/holmes-foundry-riot