WHAT?
Would this be the
same Steelworkers that voted for their president in 2016?
Na!
Couldn’t be?
People with more
than half a brain were trying to tell you, "The only person running in
2016 with a workable plan for unions"
Was my president,
President Hillary Clinton, the winner with well over 3,000,000.00 (three
Million), votes!
US Steel workers are
fired up and ready to strike if a new contract isn't reached soon, the Times of
Northwest Indiana reports. Workers for the Pittsburgh-based company voted
nationwide this week to approve a strike if talks involving health care costs, retiree
benefits, and wage increases don't work out—at a time when their employer is
apparently rolling in money.
"Angry USW
members conducted strike authorization meetings at each US Steel local over the
past week," the United Steelworkers said in a statement to workers, adding
that there was "an overwhelming 'yes' vote in every local. Many locals reported
that their results were unanimous." A three-year US Steel contract for
roughly 16,000 USW workers ran out Saturday.
Don
Furko, president of USW Local 1557 in Clairton, Pa., says workers are pushing
back at a time when President Trump's policies are benefitting US Steel:
"Between the tariffs and the tax break for corporations, they stand to
make $2 billion this year," he tells the
But
Farko says workers still have too many out-of-pocket health care costs for
family coverage. The pro-strike vote surprised steel-industry sources, says the
Post-Gazette. There hasn't been a US Steel work stoppage since the company
locked out workers for six months in 1986.
The
Times of Northwest Indiana