September 19- The End of My Sweet Jennie

Labor History in 2:00 · Sep 19, 2026 · 1m

On this day in Labor History the year was 1977.

That was the day that is remembered in Youngstown, Ohio as “Black Monday.”

The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company announced plans to close its doors laying off more than 4,000 workers.

Youngstown was a steel town.

During the first half of the twentieth century, plants were booming.

Youngstown was a union town, a stronghold for the United Steelworkers by the 1940s.

But by the 1970s the once booming steel industry was going bust in Youngstown.

More and more jobs moved overseas and to states with less union protections.

Black Monday began a…