 On December 12, 1936, 27 representatives from the Illinois Workers Alliance, the Technical and Research Employees Union, the Adult Teachers' Union and the Artists Union, occupied the IAP headquarters in a sitdown strike.Milius participated in the eight-day sitdown, and her drawings of the event were published in the "Chicago Daily News" and "New Masses".In the spring and summer of 1937, artists' strikes and conflicts with authorities became headline news along with the violent industrial struggles.