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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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2012 Scholarship Winners
Posted On: Jun 25, 2012

Congratulations to our 2012 Scholarship Winners
May 20, 2012 | Local 355's 2012 scholarship winners are Brianna Ridgely, daughter of Michael Ridgely (UPS/Baltimore), and Robert T. White, son of Tracey Morsel (UPS/Baltimore). Alternates are Walker Harrington, son of James Walter (UPS/Eastern Shore), and Bradley Holihan, son of John Holihan, Jr. (UPS/Baltimore). The students' names were selected in a drawing of submitted applications at yesterday's monthly membership meeting. Learn more about the scholarship here. Watch for a profile of Brianna and Robert in the fall issue of our newsletter.
 
 
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