• themeatbridge
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    163 days ago

    On the one hand, Nippon is absolutely going to find every possible way to fuck over the union and the workers. Getting the full value of their contract is going to require a ton of lawyers and lawsuits.

    On the other hand, US Steel is going away. There is no future for steelworkers in western Pennsylvania. Protecting those jobs just kicks the can down the road.

    We need a proper support system that would prevent the abject poverty coming to a Pittsburgh surburb near you. The problem isn’t that labor markets change, the problem is that losing your job means you’ll probably die homeless.