Kaiser Steel of Fontana
by Dias, Ric A.
Series: Landmarks Published by : The History Press (Charleston, SC) Physical details: 159 pages illustrations ; 23 cm. ISBN:9781467151498; 1467151491.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 300 - 399 | 338.76720979495 Dia (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of : Frank Antonucci | 113388 |
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Forward, by Nicholas R, Cataldo -- Acknowledgments -- 1. "What we've been needing is more smoke": the origins of Kaiser Steel -- 2. World War II and Kaiser Steel's Fontana "love child" -- 3. Kaiser Steel and the West grow, 1945-58 -- 4. KSC and the 1959 strike: "only 2% of steel production but 98% of the industry's brains" -- 5. KSC's brave new world of labor relations: the long-range sharing plan -- 6. Kaiser Steel at middle age -- 7. "Driving Big Bess down": Kaiser Steel Corporation and beyond.
Through his record-busting construction career, Henry J. Kaiser continually pulled off the impossible. When he announced his plans to enter the wartime shipbuilding business and mass-produce steel in the small agricultural town of Fontana, experts were shocked, but his determination made him a national figure. "Miracle Man Kaiser" built a steel plant in record time, and it churned out more then 1 million tons of the invaluable metal for the 1940s war effort. In an industry rocked by disharmony, his company adopted the slogan "Together we build" and his skill in navigating labor relations make it a powerhouse. Join author and historian Ric A. Dias as he highlights the successes, failures and limits of this trailblazer's dreams.
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