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Lackawanna & Johnstown: Shutdowns, Steel Towns and the Union

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Labor Research Review, Volume 1, Number 02 (1983)
Author
Metzgar, Jack
Abstract

[Excerpt] On December 27, 1982, Bethlehem announced that it was all over for Lackawanna. Ironically, this was greeted with a sigh of relief in Johnstown. Ever since 1965 when Bethlehem built a multi-billion dollar greenfield plant at Burns Harbor, Indiana, people in Johnstown had thought their days were numbered. Many of them held Lackawanna in such awe that they couldn't imagine that the nation's second largest steel producer would abandon it, especially because for a decade Bethlehem has been threatening to leave Johnstown instead.

Journal / Series
Labor Research Review
Volume & Issue
Vol. 1, Num. 2
Date Issued
1983
Keywords
labor movement
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unemployment
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steel industry
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Bethlehem Steel
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Lackawanna
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Johnstown
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union
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shutdowns
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United Steelworkers of America
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USWA
Type
article

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