Younger workers, families at most risk in Range layoffs

U.S. Steel is not accepting voluntary layoffs to mitigate the affects on young families of the additional 250 job cuts at its MinnTac plant. The Duluth News Tribune reports. Arcelor-Mittal’s Minorca Mine did accept volunteer layoffs for their upcoming shutdown and many experienced workers agreed to take temporary layoffs to allow young families to keep their health benefits. U.S. Steel won’t accept similar volunteer layoffs unless the union offers additional concessions, including allowing more outside contractors.

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  1. I’m one of those who lost benefits. I was done over a month ago and still haven’t received the cobra letter. The government has a program to pay some of the cobra I’ve heard but still haven’t seen any numbers.

  2. Not all taconite operators on the range are equal. At the recent UofM Mining Symposium and Society of Mining Engineers Spring Meeting April 14-15, at the DECC, the General Manager from USS Minn Ore Ops was a no-show.

    This was a Keynote Session of top industry executives on a panel where the current state of the Range was reported. Company engineers, consultants, and contractors learn about developments and plans at neighboring mines.

    No explanation was given, but USSteel simply did not appear. I also failed to see anyone from Minn Ore Operations at the closing Kitchigammi Club Banquet. I worked for them back in the 1960s.

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