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This 4 page paper examines the strike that began in 1997 and the final resolution that occurred in 2004. Details are provided. The issue of forced overtime looms large. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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never faded. Even baseball players and actors still go on strike. Still, the world is a bit different now and the law is such that there is less need for
unions. At the same time, some unions remain strong and some strikes linger. The 1997 steel workers strike in Pueblo Colorado is one that had gone on for years and
a court recently awarded workers what it feels they deserve. In 1997, in Pueblo Colorado, one thousand steel workers would eventually go on strike due to forced overtime that
had occurred over a period of many months (Dukakis & Zwerdling, 1997). The workers who went on strike were aligned with a specific plant called Oregon Steel which was
once a company called CF&I Steel (1997). CF&I Steel went bankrupt (1997). Yet, the relationship between the company and its workers is somewhat unique. In this town, many
of the workers had worked at the plants for generations (1997). Families have become a part of this company that had been taken over during financial stress. In fact, the
city was integral in prompting the takeover as it offered special tax incentives (1997). A lot was riding on this company. The people had invested their hearts and livelihoods in
this Pueblo mainstay. The problem is that since the takeover, workers were required to work overtime and some had to work as many as sixteen day shifts for six
or seven days per week (Dukakis & Zwerdling, 1997). It was on October 3, 1997 that they began their strike and the strike had community support (1997). The strike
started out with good intentions. Community support was at an all time high but eventually, some of the workers would return to work (1997). While the focus was on overtime,
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