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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

Hold on there...one group of "United Steelworkers," who are really in the basic steel business are losing their jobs because the demand of oilfield steel is down due to low commodity prices. On the other had, another group of "United Steelworkers," who actually work in the refining business, not the basic steel business, are preparing to walk off the job because of some imagined financial slight to their delicate sensibilities by the big, bad oil companies.

Makes you wonder if the real Steelworkers know what these other fake Steelworkers are up to.