When:
April 8, 2017 all-day
2017-04-08T00:00:00-06:00
2017-04-09T00:00:00-06:00
Where:
http://millercenter.org/president/events/04_08
On 8 Apil 1952, President Harry S Truman seized control of the nation’s steel mills by presidential order in an attempt to prevent a shutdown by strikers. On Apr 29, a US district court declared the seizure unconstitutional and workers immediately walked out. Production dropped from 300,000 tons a day to less than 20,000. After 53 days the strike ended July 24, with steelworkers receiving a 16-cent hourly wage raise plus a 5.4-cent hourly increase in fringe benefits.
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