1959 steel strike

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:center
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause automation and job security
dispute over contract terms
gptkbp:effect affected automobile and construction industries
disrupted steel production
impacted U.S. economy
gptkbp:endDate November 7, 1959
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1959 steel strike
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees 500,000
gptkbp:participants gptkb:United_Steelworkers_of_America
major U.S. steel companies
gptkbp:presidentDuringStrike gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:result gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act_injunction
new contract agreement
Presidential intervention
gptkbp:significance longest major strike in U.S. steel industry history
gptkbp:startDate July 15, 1959
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_Steelworkers_of_America
gptkb:United_Steelworkers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6