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Inside the United Steelworkers Local 2911 in Weirton, West Virginia, Mark Glyptis has been running the show for more than three decades. The longtime union president said the gigantic steel plant ...
LTV ceased operations in December 2001 and sold its Cleveland and East Chicago plants in February 2002 to ISG, a conglomerate formed from the acquisition of several American steel companies, including ...
The new Form Energy factory on the former Weirton Steel site. The place that once made steel to build American cities will now make iron-based batteries to help power them. The new Form Energy ...
Thousands of construction industry jobs are at risk as ISG, a construction group that builds prisons and police stations, faces imminent collapse. Sky News has learnt that Whitehall officials are ...
WEIRTON, W.Va. – Five months after announcing it would be ... saying the transformers will be “made in America by American workers.” The company has indicated steel for the transformers will be ...
Weirton has a historic reputation as a steel town, but that sector has fallen on hard times. Weirton Steel Corp. was, at one time, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of tin plate products.
U.S. Steel, and Weirton Steel. In the 1970s, over 13,000 people worked at Weirton Steel alone. Entire families and multiple generations made a living working at the local steel mills. My family ...
HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — Founded in 1909 by Ernest T. Weir, Weirton Steel Corporation was one of the biggest operations and manufacturers of tin plate. "Weirton Steel was probably of the best ...
There have been a lot changes Weirton over the years from the massive Weirton Steel to the smaller Cleveland Cliffs plant. There have been past closures because of steel dumping. Glyptis said ...
Save steelworkers jobs! Save our town!” Despite the letters and national attention, Weirton Steel filed for bankruptcy in 2003. ISG, the International Steel Group, purchased the facility in 2004. It ...
Save our town!” Despite the letters and national attention, Weirton Steel filed for bankruptcy in 2003. ISG, the International Steel Group, purchased the facility in 2004. It was sold to Arcelor ...