Hershey, Pennsylvania witnessed a six-day sit-down strike of workers at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in 1937. The strike ended in violence, as dairy workers and non-striking Hershey employees stormed the factory to force out strikers. Eventually, Hershey Corporation workers signed an agreement with the Bakery and Confectionery International Union, becoming one of the first American candy companies to unionize.

Police evict retail clerks occupying N.Y. Woolworth’s in fight for 40-hour week - 1937

Steel Workers Organizing Committee – soon to become the United Steel Workers – signs its first-ever contract, with Carnegie-Illinois, for $5 a day in wages, benefits - 1937