Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Biles, Roger

Titel

The Decline of Decatur

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998), 2017-07, Vol.110 (2), p.183-210

Ort / Verlag

Springfield: University of Illinois Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• [...]communities outside the sprawling metropolitan region abutting Lake Michigan felt the sting of economic contraction just as keenly if not more so than Chicago and its suburbs.Staley ran a full-page advertisement in the Decatur Herald and Review, headlined "Why a Lock-out?" that defended its unprecedented move.Because of the union's provocative actions in the plant, the missive argued, the company had "no other choice" but to "take a defensive action" to "save our Decatur business.[...]the newspaper's editorial supported twelve-hour shifts and higher worker contributions for health insurance as necessary changes to safeguard the company's financial bottom line.Local 837 demonstrated at State Farm headquarters in neighboring Bloomington and at branch offices in Champaign, Peoria, and other central Illinois communities.[...]AIW mailed sixty thousand brochures to union supporters throughout the country urging them to cancel their insurance policies unless State Farm persuaded Staley to end the lockout.