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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.
1946 Steel Strike; 1946 UMW Mine Strike; 1946 Rail Strike; 1946 United Electrical GE strike; 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike; 1947 [21] 2,170,000 Telephone Strike; 1948 [21] 1,960,000 1948 US Meatpacking strike; 1948 Caterpillar strike; Boeing Strike of 1948; Goodyear strike; 1948 Miami Garment workers strike; 1949 3,030,000 1949 ...
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1974 Northwest contractors strikes: 1974 Northwestern United States: 45,000 [45] [74] [75] 1929 New York City Garment Strike: 1929 New York City: 45,000 [19] 1952 Westcoast lumber strike: 1952 West Coast of the United States: 44,000-60,000 [76] [77] 1945 Pacific Northwest lumber strike: 1945 Pacific Northwest: 44,000 [7] 1955 Westinghouse ...
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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 ...
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.
Randall wrote several books including his memoir, Over My Shoulder. [ 4 ] During the 1952 steel strike , when President Harry S. Truman nationalized steel companies whose workers were threatening to strike , Randall gave a speech that was televised nationally attacking Truman and the United Steelworkers , criticizing them for "shocking ...