U.S. Steel lays off more workers at Gary Works
U.S. Steel laid off 38 union workers at Gary Works on Friday, but the union will fight it, said Mike Millsap, United Steelworkers District 7 director.
Steelworkers said the laid off maintenance staff were escorted out of the sprawling mill in Gary, U.S. Steel’s largest and the biggest integrated mill in the United States.
U.S. Steel spokesman Sarah Cassella declined to comment.
It’s just the latest round of layoffs at the troubled steelmaker, which lost $1.5 billion last year and has failed to turn a profit in five of the last six years. U.S. Steel laid off about a quarter of its salaried workforce — roughly 750 managers, supervisors and other white-collar workers — in April.
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Cross-posted in Omaha Steve's Labor Group.