Struggle & Resistance Achievement & Excellence

April 1974

A landmark consent decree reached with nine major steel companies including U.S. Steel's Gary Works required the industry to dismantle seniority systems that had locked Black workers into lower-paid departments. The decree established back pay remedies and promotion goals. Gary's Black workers, comprising the majority of the workforce, had been systematically barred from skilled trades.

Events

April 12, 1974
Consent Decree Forces Gary, Indiana Steel Mills to End Racial Job Segregation
A landmark consent decree reached with nine major steel companies including U.S. Steel's Gary Works required the industry to dismantle seniority systems that had locked Black workers into lower-paid departments. The decree established back pay remedies and promotion goals. Gary's Black workers, comprising the majority of the workforce, had been systematically barred from skilled trades.
April 12, 1974
Consent Decree Forces Steel Mills to End Racial Job Segregation
A consent decree with nine major steel companies including U.S. Steel's Gary Works required dismantling seniority systems that locked Black workers into lower-paid departments. The decree established back pay remedies and promotion goals for Gary's majority-Black workforce.