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July 15, 2025

Today in 1959

 Half-million steelworkers began what is to become a 116-day strike that shutters nearly every steel mill in the country. 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 hours or numbers of employees. The strike's affects persuaded President Eisenhower to invoke the back-to-work provision of the Taft-Hartley Act. The union sued to have the Act declared unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court upheld the law. The union eventually retained the contract clause and won minimal wage increases. The strike led to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in U.S. history, which replaced the domestic steel industry in the long run. 

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Local Mourns Ray Greene
Updated On: Mar 15, 2024

Local 355 Mourns Passing of Business Agent Ray Greene

 
December 3, 2010 | It is with deep sorrow that we advise of the passing of Business Agent/Organizer Ray Greene, Sr., who died suddenly Wednesday, December 1, 2010, from an apparent heart attack.

A Maryland native and resident of Hurlock, Ray joined the Local staff in January 1999 as an organizer and business agent. He became a member of Local 355 in 1990 while employed at Kraft Foods in Dover, DE, was elected shop steward in 1997, and was appointed a Local 355 Trustee the same year. Ray represented members in the food service, manufacturing, airline, and transportation industries.

A proud veteran and avid fisherman, Ray was a Free Mason and a member of the Grand Lodge of Maryland. He was also a member of the Teamsters National Black Caucus.

Condolences and expressions of sympathy to Ray's family can be sent to Teamsters Local 355 at the Baltimore office, 1030 S Dukeland St., Baltimore, MD 21223, or the Salisbury office, 1323 N Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury, MD 21801.

Rest in peace, Brother.


 
 
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