WEIRTON, W.Va. (WTRF) – Hundreds of steelworkers will be returning to work thanks to a $150 million investment by Cleveland Cliff’s to repurpose their Half Moon warehouse into a transformer facility. A move Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown helped make happen.
Brown spent his Thursday afternoon visiting with Cleveland-Cliffs leadership and USW Local 2911 members at the site of the new transformer plant, which is expected to bring 600 jobs back to the Ohio Valley.
He spoke about the importance of keeping jobs and products American.
“Ohio and West Virginia steelworkers make the best steel in the world, period. I’ve seen it all over this company. I’ve seen it all over the USW. You love this country, and you fight for people who make it work. That’s what I do and that’s what I’ll always do.”
Sen. Sherrod Brown | (D) Ohio
In April, the idling of Cleveland Cliff’s devastated the region, costing nearly 1000 people their jobs.
It was a ruling made by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that Senator Brown said was a failure by the government to protect American workers.