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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.
The Steelworkers went out on strike again shortly thereafter. The strike lasted for more than 50 days until the President threatened to use the somewhat-cumbersome procedures under the Selective Service Act to seize the mills. Truman was stunned by the decision, which he continued to attack years later in his Memoirs. Justice Black was ...
The 1946 US steel strike was a several months long strike of 750,000 steel workers of the United Steelworkers union. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was a part of larger wave of labor disputes, known as the US strike wave of 1945–1946 after the end of World War II , and remains the largest strike in US history.
In 1947, Congress responded to the strike wave by enacting, over President Truman's veto, the Taft–Hartley Act, restricting the powers and activities of labor unions. The act is still in force as of 2025. The strike wave also caused a rally in support for the Labour Party, prior to the 1945 United Kingdom general election. [12] [13]
When a steel strike loomed in April 1952, Truman instructed Secretary of Commerce Charles W. Sawyer to seize and continue operations of the nation's steel mills. Truman cited his authority as Commander in Chief and the need to maintain an uninterrupted supply of steel for munitions to be used in the war in Korea.
But on April 8, 1952, Truman issued Executive Order 10340 authorizing the seizure and operation by his administration of the steel industries. Like Biden, he invoked national security as a ...
In fact, the two biggest constitutional crises of the 20th century — the 1952 steel strike under President Harry Truman and the 1974 Watergate scandal under President Richard Nixon — both saw ...
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 distortions of fact". [2] In 1953, Randall became the chairman of the board of