Tag: Granite City Steel
Steelworkers reach settlement with U.S. Steel over Granite City layoffs
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – The steelworkers’ union has reached a settlement with U.S. Steel over the way the layoffs at the...
Now that the UAW strike is over, will Granite City steelworkers...
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
When U.S. Steel idled the last remaining blast furnace at the Granite City Steelworks in September, the company blamed the then...
OPINION: Budzinski stands up for Granite City steel workers in Congressional...
(Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.) questioning Richard Fruehauf, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer...
Steelworker Biggs leaving as United Way Labor liaison
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
East Alton, IL – Terry Biggs left Granite City Steel in 2016 to take on a vital role in the Labor...
U.S. Steel Corp. says it will restart second blast furnace at...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – U.S. Steel Corp. says it will restart the second of two shuttered blast furnaces, hire 300 additional...
Steel retirees celebrate re-opening of blast furnace
Former workers can apply for jobs
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Pontoon Beach, IL – It just so happened that the United Steelworkers retirees had their monthly luncheon...
Hope and 500 union jobs return to Granite City
Steelworkers celebrate tariffs announcement, return of jobs
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – The sidelined Steelworker looked at his local president, Dan Simmons, and asked,...
Steelworkers planning ‘back-to-work’ rally on July 20
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – Workers from Granite City Steel are ready to tell U.S. Steel to put them back to work.
A rally...
Granite City turns out for laid-off steel workers
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
The Granite City community turned out on the afternoon of June 29 to provide fresh, healthy food to the city’s laid-off...
Weekly food bank helps steelworker families
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City – Even with some improvement evident at Granite City Steel, hundreds of workers there and at American Steel/Amsted Rail...