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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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OSHA Suspending Enforcement of Employer Vaccine Rule
Posted On: Nov 18, 2021
Nov. 18, 2021 | OSHA | The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it is suspending its enforcement of the Biden administration's new rules ordering larger employers to either require that their workers get vaccinated against "emergency temporary standard" or undergo weekly testing. OSHA, which posted the announcement on its website, added that it "remains confident in its authority to protect workers in emergencies."  The agency's decision to stop implementing and enforcing the new rule comes after a federal appeals court earlier this month temporarily halted the Biden administration's vaccine rule, citing potential "grave statutory and constitutional issues." The future of the government directive remains uncertain… CBS News
 
 
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