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| 1986 USX Steel Strike | |||
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| Date | August 1, 1986 – January 31, 1987 (38 years ago) | ||
| Location | United States | ||
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About 22,000 employees of major American steel manufacturer USX stopped work from August 1, 1986 to January 31, 1987 after the United Steelworkers of America and the company failed to agree on new employee contract terms. The event was characterized by the company as a strike and by the union as a lockout. It surpassed the steel strike of 1959 as the longest steel industry work stoppage in US history.
The stoppage resulted in most USX facilities becoming idle until February 1, 1987, seriously degrading the steel division's market share. A compromise was brokered and accepted by the union membership on January 31, 1987.[1]
- ^ Nash Jr., Bradley (2000-04-19). "Labor Law and the State: The Crises of Unions in the 1980s, chapter 6. PhD thesis in sociology". hdl:10919/27339.