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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: U.S. Steel to Permanently Idle Steelmaking at Ill. Facility
Description: Back in September, U.S. Steel announced that it would be temporarily idling a blast furnace in Granite City, Illinois and pointed the finger at the UAW. At the time, leadership at the plant called the shutdown “risk mitigation” as the strike softened demand for steel from automotive customers.Fast forward a few months, and the strike has been resolved but things for U.S. Steel’s Granite City facility haven’t. Recently it was revealed that the company has issued a WARN notice, citing plans to shutter steelmaking indefinitely and putting hundreds of jobs on...