1946 Strike
Union Community
The massive community support from Brightsiders helped get strikers and their allies through the long, hot days and nights of this workers’ struggle.
![Aerial photo of Stelco and Brightside showing key areas during the strike.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/stelco_strike_annotated.jpg)
![Crowd prevents a truck from entering Stelco 1946.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/stelco_strike.jpg)
![](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/food_voucher_window.jpg)
!['We Support the Striking Steel Workers' sign near woman cooking food for picketers.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mary_Fiore_Cooking.jpg)
![Comic book style rendering of Stelco strike events and the Brightside neighbourhood.](https://hamiltoncivicmuseums.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/brightside_depicted_in_showdown.jpg)
Listen: A Union Community. Click the play circle below.
The massive community support from Brightsiders helped get strikers and their allies through the long, hot days and nights of this workers’ struggle.
Listen: A Union Community. Click the play circle below.
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