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The 1952 steel strike was a strike by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) against U.S. Steel (USS) and nine other steelmakers. The strike was scheduled to begin on April 9, 1952, but US President Harry Truman nationalized the American steel industry hours before the workers walked out.
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Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
1922 UMW General coal strike: 1922 nationwide 560,000 1952 steel strike: 1952 nationwide 540,000 [1] [2] 1971 Rail strike: 1971 nationwide 519,000 Steel strike of 1959: 1959 nationwide 500,000 [3] 1956 steel strike: 1956 nationwide 500,000 [4] 1949 steel strike: 1949 naionwide 459,000 [5] 1967 US Railroad strike: 1967 nationwide 440,000 [1 ...
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An arbitration board has ruled that U.S. Steel may proceed with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel, a deal that faces strong opposition from its workforce. The board, which was jointly ...
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It seems self-defeating. Unionized steelworkers are effectively blocking the purchase of US Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, leaving a shrunken icon of the American heartland with no good options.