Recent News and Discussions About Steel Industry Layoffs
Steel mills close and layoffs mount throughout the United States
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/24/stee-a24.html
Apr 24, 2020 — Steel mills are closing and layoffs mount in the United States steel industry as manufacturers are in their worst crisis in history …
U.S. Steel Foreshadows Blue-Collar Pain With 2700 Layoffs
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/us-steel-foreshadows-blue-collar-pain-2700-layoffs
May 1, 2020 — U.S. Steel Corp. expects to lay off about 2,700 employees as the virus forces the company to idle most of its blast furnaces.
Over 1500 Layoffs Coming To US Steel Plant Near Detroit – NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/30/801323661/over-1-500-layoffs-coming-to-u-s-steel-plant-near-detroit
Jan 30, 2020 — U.S. Steel is closing its mill near Detroit, laying off over 1,500 workers, despite President Trump’s vow that tariffs would strengthen the …
Trump steel tariffs raised prices, shriveled up demand, led to …
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-steel-tariffs-raised-prices-shriveled-demand-led-job-losses-n1242695
Oct 9, 2020 — The steel – industry setbacks account for just a fraction of the job losses in Michigan’s manufacturing sector – which now employs 55,100 fewer …
US Steel Layoffs – TheLayoff.com
https://www.thelayoff.com/united-states-steel
United States Steel Corp will temporarily lay off hundreds of workers at its Great Lakes facility in Michigan in coming weeks, according to a filing the …
Trump steel tariffs bring job losses to swing state Michigan
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-steel-insight/trump-steel-tariffs-bring-job-losses-to-swing-state-michigan-idUSKBN26U161
Oct 9, 2020 — The state’s primary metals manufacturing industry , which includes iron and steel mills, employed about 7,300 fewer workers in August than in …
US Steel lays off more workers in third round of cuts – NWI Times
https://www.nwitimes.com/business/steel/u-s-steel-lays-off-more-workers-in-third-round-of-cuts/article_74fd78e7-afa9-512a-823f-ea75160a7c7b.html
The company laid off an unspecified number of non-union employees at its Gary Works mill and the Midwest Plant in Portage as part of another national round …
U.S. Steel plans layoffs – Alton Telegraph
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/U-S-Steel-plans-layoffs-15245603.php
May 4, 2020 — A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice filed Friday by U.S. Steel said the company may lay off as may as 737 workers at …
Pueblo exhibit recounts steel mill layoffs, strikes from 1980 to …
https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2022/06/10/pueblo-exhibit-recounts-steel-mill-layoffs-strikes-1980-2004/7580726001/
Jun 10, 2022 — Union Ave. The new “Steel City 1980-2004” exhibit begins at the 1980s collapse of the steel industry , recounts its effects on Pueblo workers and …
US Steel is closing a Detroit-area steel mill and laying off …
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/business/us-steel-mill-closing/index.html
Dec 20, 2019 — The part of the mill that rolls slabs into sheets of steel will shutter by the end of next year. About 1,500 jobs will be lost, the company said …
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