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The CIO and SWOC were defeated by the Little Steel companies in one of the bloodiest and violent strikes in the 1930s. The victory was only temporary, however, because the National Labor Relations Board ordered the companies to recognize the union four years later. By that time the CIO had organized six hundred thousand steelworkers, and the entire industry was covered under union contacts. The defeat did not ruin the SWOC or the CIO, and the union was able to win collective bargaining agreements and reinstatement of union members fired during the strike.
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