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Women holding strike signs, probably (but not specifically stated) Bendix-Westinghouse workers, Lodge 2040 on strike. Bendix Westinghouse moved into what was the old Monitor Furniture Co. building at 950 E. Virginia St., next to C&EI RR (Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad) around 1956. The company made refrigeration units & automotive air suspension units. The building itself dates back to 1919, with the warehouse near the tracks added in 1928. Bendix was bought out in 1967; the factory has been razed but the warehouse still remains.