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Founded in 1923 in Janesville, Wisconsin as W.R. Arthur Co. to serve the massive Janesville auto plant, JATCO had five owners and transported millions of vehicles over hundreds of millions of miles. In 1960, Arthur sold the company to Edmund Brady, who renamed it Janesville Auto Transport Co., or JATCO, as it was commonly known.

The Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers (FASH) was organized in 1967 by eight frustrated owner-operator steel haulers who were less than satisfied with their representation by the well established cartage union. FASH grew quickly, adding more steel haulers to their ranks day by day, and what started as a dual union situation resulted in secession by FASH after the established union alienated and ultimately pushed FASH out. Along the way there were weeks of strikes, violent assaults, shootings, bombings, and other unsavory actions taken by both sides, though according to news reports, the established union was clearly behind most of the heavy-handed attacks on FASH members.