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elleng

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10. 'The 1952 steel strike was a strike by the United Steelworkers of America against U.S. Steel

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 10:18 PM

Jul 2017

and nine other steelmakers. The strike was scheduled to begin on April 9, 1952, but President Harry S Truman nationalized the American steel industry hours before the workers walked out. The steel companies sued to regain control of their facilities. On June 2, 1952, in a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952), that the president lacked the authority to seize the steel mills. The Steelworkers struck to win a wage increase. The strike lasted 53 days, and ended on July 24, 1952, on essentially the same terms the union had proposed four months earlier.'>>>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_steel_strike

I was joking, actually, as such nationwide actions don't seem to be in this country's DNA.

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I agree, appropriate, but elleng Jul 2017 #5

I do not recall one. In the 40s there was strike that Truman ended..(I think, not sure) Stuart G Jul 2017 #6

'The 1952 steel strike was a strike by the United Steelworkers of America against U.S. Steel elleng Jul 2017 #10

To my knowledge, there has never been a general strike in the USA. Chasstev365 Jul 2017 #9

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