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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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Christmas Party 2017
Updated On: Jan 08, 2018

 “Retirees who have come from other locals have said that ours
is one of the best to be involved with.”

Local 355 A.R.M. annual Christmas party brings retirees together for fun and frivolity

The annual holiday event, held December 21st, wasn't the largest croud the club has ever had in attendance, but an observor would never have known given the exhuberance and goodwill on display. The food was delicious (the great menu that included Old Bay-seasoned peel-’n-eat shrimp and sumptuous grilled roast beef) and the entertainment full of throw-back memories was alternately rousing good fun and wistfully nostalgic. Club members were treated to a great menu that included Old Bay-seasoned peel-’n-eat shrimp and sumptuous grilled roast beef, dancing, raffles, the always-popular Cake and Money Wheels, and catching up on Local news with LU 355 President Denis Taylor and Secretary-Treasurer Dave White.

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In addition to the annual Christmas party, A.R.M.  has a bowling league, and hosts an annual bowling banquet and a summer party for its members.

The organization has a core group of members who meet at the Baltimore hall every Tuesday to share stories, talk labor and politics, assist with building maintenance and offer support to the officers and staff in whatever way they can. A.R.M.’s monthly meeting is held every third Thursday of the month except August and December, and averages 60 or more attendees.


 
 
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