Black Monday (1977 steel mill closures)

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Black Monday (1977 steel mill closures) refers to the 1977 mass shutdown of steel mills in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley that triggered a severe regional economic and social crisis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic event
historical event
industrial closure
affectedIndustry steel industry
affectedRegion Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area NERFINISHED
affectedSector local tax base
manufacturing employment
municipal finances
alsoKnownAs Black Monday (Youngstown) NERFINISHED
Black Monday in the Mahoning Valley NERFINISHED
associatedWith community activism in Youngstown
local labor unions
steelworkers in the Mahoning Valley
country United States of America
surface form: United States
hasContext late 20th-century decline of heavy industry in the United States
hasDate 1977-09-19
hasImpactOn public policy debates on industrial policy in the United States
regional identity of Youngstown
working-class communities in the Mahoning Valley
hasSubject industrial decline in the Rust Belt
labor history of the United States
regional economic restructuring
hasYear 1977
immediateConsequence large-scale industrial job losses
plant layoffs
isRememberedAs turning point in Youngstown’s economic history
ledTo heightened social distress in affected communities
increased unemployment in the Mahoning Valley
out-migration of residents from the Youngstown area
longTermConsequence deindustrialization of the Mahoning Valley
population decline in the Youngstown area
urban economic decline in Youngstown
mainTypeOfClosure mass shutdown of steel mills
partOf Rust Belt deindustrialization
tookPlaceIn Mahoning Valley NERFINISHED
Ohio NERFINISHED
Youngstown, Ohio NERFINISHED
triggered regional economic crisis in the Mahoning Valley
regional social crisis in the Mahoning Valley

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Mahoning Valley hasEconomicHistoryEvent Black Monday (1977 steel mill closures)