Uncertainty for Lone Star Steel workers on Labor Day
LONGVIEW -- Labor Day dawns on uncertainty for some 1,100 members of United Steelworkers Union Local 4134 employed at Lone Star Tubular Operations.
Bought by U.S. Steel in 2007, the former Lone Star Steel plant is caught up in a national tug-of-war between management and labor stretching from Texas to the company's flagship offices in Pittsburgh.
"We have gone through the battle in the past, but we're ready to stand strong," Local 4134 Vice President Trey "Tiny" Green said Friday as the Labor Day weekend loomed with steelworkers and company officials at the bargaining table in Pennsylvania. "We're planning on standing strong."
The contract between union workers and the company ended at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
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