Black Monday (1977 steel mill closures)
E613213
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.
Statements (39)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.