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Trump promised to protect steel. Layoffs are coming instead.
This is analysis, not news.
Full disclosure: I own shares of ArcelorMittal.
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Trump promised to protect steel. Layoffs are coming instead.
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Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead.
By ANA SWANSON DEC. 22, 2017
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. At this sprawling steel mill on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the workers have one number in mind. Not how many tons of steel roll off the line, or how many hours they work, but where they fall on the plants seniority list.
In September, ArcelorMittal, which owns the mill, announced that it would lay off 150 of the plants 207 workers next year. While the cuts will start with the most junior employees, they will go so deep that even workers with decades of experience will be cast out. ... I told my son, Christmas is going to be kind of scarce, because mommys going to lose her job soon, said Kimberly Allen, a steelworker and single parent who has worked at the plant for more than 22 years. On the seniority list, shes 72nd.
The layoffs have stunned these steelworkers who, just a year ago, greeted President Trumps election as a new dawn for their industry. Mr. Trump pledged to build roads and bridges, strengthen Buy America provisions, protect factories from unfair imports and revive industry, especially steel.
But after a year in office, Mr. Trump has not enacted these policies. And when it comes to steel, his failure to follow through on a promise has actually done more harm than good.
By ANA SWANSON DEC. 22, 2017
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. At this sprawling steel mill on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the workers have one number in mind. Not how many tons of steel roll off the line, or how many hours they work, but where they fall on the plants seniority list.
In September, ArcelorMittal, which owns the mill, announced that it would lay off 150 of the plants 207 workers next year. While the cuts will start with the most junior employees, they will go so deep that even workers with decades of experience will be cast out. ... I told my son, Christmas is going to be kind of scarce, because mommys going to lose her job soon, said Kimberly Allen, a steelworker and single parent who has worked at the plant for more than 22 years. On the seniority list, shes 72nd.
The layoffs have stunned these steelworkers who, just a year ago, greeted President Trumps election as a new dawn for their industry. Mr. Trump pledged to build roads and bridges, strengthen Buy America provisions, protect factories from unfair imports and revive industry, especially steel.
But after a year in office, Mr. Trump has not enacted these policies. And when it comes to steel, his failure to follow through on a promise has actually done more harm than good.
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Trump promised to protect steel. Layoffs are coming instead. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2017
OP
Fullduplexxx
(7,863 posts)1. Congratulations you just found your place in the Republican Party
hatrack
(59,587 posts)2. Better start selling those kidneys!
You really only need one, you know.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)3. I chose to withhold my sympathy
until I find out who she voted for last year and who she will vote for in the future.