We will soon be importing all our steel
1,600 layoffs at US Steel? Well, at least it’s not totally shut down like the 1980s
http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2015/01/1600_layoffs_at_us_steel_well.html
US Steel announced it might lay off up to 1,600 workers in Alabama this week
U.S. Steel Lays Off 756, Blaming Low Oil Prices
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-steel-to-cut-jobs-amid-low-oil-prices-1420556069
Steel Maker Idles Ohio Plant That Makes Pipes for Oil Exploration, Drilling
Hard times rock steel industry
http://www.nwitimes.com/business/jobs-and-employment/hard-times-rock-steel-industry/article_cf177bf3-d83c-5fe9-b1e2-1c6f5e2bf65c.html
Nearly 700 steel industry jobs have vanished from Northwest Indiana over the past week as both of the region’s major steelmakers announced cutbacks.
U.S. Steel laying off 176 in Granite City
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/u-s-steel-laying-off-in-granite-city/article_6cff406a-4f43-5c80-9321-9f5065bd6033.html
I haven’t been around the oil business for awhile. Back then, you had to go through the union to get hired. If you took a look at the Union rolls, it was just several families. The union became a clan. It worked to keep non-family members out.