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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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2019 Fall Golf Outing
Updated On: Jul 17, 2019

FALL GOLF 2019 OUTING 

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Shotgun start @ 8:30 am

Compass Point Golf Courses

9010 Fort Smallwood Road Pasadena, MD 21122

$60 Entry fee
Includes green fee, cart, range balls, gifts, lunch & prizes

This event is for Local 355 members and retirees

Register early!
We're limited to 48 participants - no exceptions! Places fill up quickly.

Download the sign-up form here.
 
 
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