Steel Mills
August 25, 2015
Written by Sandy Williams
As the deadline for contract expiration draws near (Sept 1), SMU thought a historical perspective on US Steel and USW negotiations might be in order.
In the history of US Steel there have been only two labor work stoppages. The first was a historic 116 day strike by 500,000 steelworkers in 1959. The second occurred in 1986.
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