Tag: layoffs
Steelworkers reach settlement with U.S. Steel over Granite City layoffs
Company sold to Japanese steelmaker
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – The steelworkers’ union has reached a settlement with U.S. Steel over the way...
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...
Layoffs begin at Granite City steelworks
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – Layoffs have begun for workers at U.S. Steel in Granite City.
U.S. Steel announced a few weeks ago...
U.S. Steel to idle blast furnace in Granite City
Could lay off more than 1,000 workers
By ELIZABETH DONALD
Illinois Correspondent
U.S. Steel will idle one of its blast furnaces at the Granite City plant and...
Unions collecting for holiday gift cards for laid-off Amsted Rail employees
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Granite City, IL – Labor supporters have a chance this month to help some hard-working union members and their families from...
Vistra Energy adds Baldwin, Joppa coal-fired power plants to closures list
Additional closures raise projected job losses to 545
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Baldwin, IL – The problem of transitioning from coal energy to cleaner sources isn’t...
GM to lay-off 1,200 UAW Local 2250 members at Wentzville plant
St. Charles County designated a ‘coronavirus hot spot’
Citing employees’ concerns about COVID-19, General Motors has announced it will temporarily lay-off a shift of workers...
Steelworkers facing layoffs at U.S. Steel in Granite City
Granite City, IL – About 90 members of Steelworkers Local 1899 on Monday were preparing for an indefinite layoff brought on by declines in...
Workers facing reality of coronavirus: ‘It’s strange not knowing’
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has upended our lives.
While many are laid-off or working from home, other essential workers continue to show up, doing their...