After a tumultuous month, union workers at the Granite City Works steel mill are concerned about the Metro East plant’s future.
On Sept. 4, U.S. Steel notified the local chapter of the United Steelworkers union that it would stop sending steel slabs to be processed at the mill. Just a few weeks later, it reversed the decision.
The flipflop followed years of uncertainty and work disruptions at Granite City Works. U.S. Steel idled blast furnace A in 2019 and blast furnace B in 2023, laying off hundreds of union workers. Now, the roughly 900 workers there just process steel slabs brought in from other locations…