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The one-story brick building isn?t particularly conspicuous, but it has prevalent ties with Pittsburgh?s past steel industry. This Saturday, the historic Pump House featured the artistic work of three CMU professors - and in the coming week, it will play host to a celebration over the rights of industrial workers who once made mass steel production a possibility.

On Saturday the Industrial Workers of the World will celebrate its 100th anniversary at the Pump House, as well as in cities like Detroit, New York, and Pittsburgh.

As production became the epicenter for the U.S. economy, labor unions played a large role in protecting the rights of the workers. Earlier unions represented only a small portion of workers in a factory, making a strike...

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