Steel strike of 1959

When

1959

Kind

Strike

Coordinates

39.83° N, 98.58° W

Description

strike in the United States

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Strike in the United States

The steel strike of 1959 was a 116-day labor union strike by members of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) that idled the steel industry throughout the United States. The strike occurred over management's demand that the union give up a contract clause which limited management's ability to change the number of workers assigned to a task or to introduce new work rules or machinery which would result in reduced…

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