Why the Nippon Steel Deal Has Steel Workers in a Panic
The Nippon Steel proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel has the United Steelworkers Union (USW) worried that, eventually, integrated steel mills will be closed in favor of imports from Japan.
The Nippon Steel proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel has the United Steelworkers Union (USW) worried that, eventually, integrated steel mills will be closed in favor of imports from Japan.
Go to U.S. Steel’s website and it looks like a done deal: Nippon Steel, the fourth largest steel producer in the world, is already the assumed new owner of America’s oldest, most storied steel company, formed in 1901 when J.P. Morgan financed the merger of three steel companies.
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