Yes, they did. They used great tactics. They had USSteal in a bad spot. 1. USX had little to no stockpiled steel. At least not in the Gary works. 2. The strike was authorized, and if it went thru. USX has to hire private contractors to come in and shut down operations. Ya just don’t flip a switch and shut off the lights and go home. 3. USX would have lost lots of money.

Steelworkers got great raises and it wasn’t lost by screwing them on healthcare. It is widely rumored that USXs negotiating team kicked the CEO out of negotiations as it became apparent that he wasn’t about good faith negotiations. Just union breaking.