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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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2015 Spring Golf
Updated On: Jun 25, 2015

A hearty Local 355 congrats to Kraft/Dover members Mel Stevens, Dave Manning, Bob Wekesser and Walker Chapman for their first place win in the Local's bi-annual golf event held Saturday, June 13th, at the Hog Neck Golf Course in Easton, Md.

Teams teed off at 8:45 a.m. in a modified shotgun start format, finishing the 18-hole course at the same time in just under five hours. Heat and humidity slowed the pace a bit, but participants were rewarded with libations and lunch under the club's shaded outdoor pavilion.

Second Place:
UPS Package/Hunt Valley

  • Tim Wojtek
  • Craig Wilkerson
  • Peter Williams
  • Bob Williams

Third Place:
Kraft/Dover

  • Pete Manus
  • Paul Harris
  • Tony Batter
  • Craig Boehmer

Long Drive #9 -
Peter Williams (UPS/Hunt Valley)

Close to Pin #7 -
Walker Chapman (UPS Freight)

Long Drive #18 -
Walker Chapman (UPS Freight)

Close to Pin #17 -
Ralph Boarman (retired)

View gallery photos here.

Photos/Teamsters Joint Council 62
 
 
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