U.S.

Steel sees large net loss, idles blast furnace at Mon Valley
Works

Coronavirus is dealing a blow to U.S. Steel in the Mon Valley. Thousands of

people could be laid off and some of them will be in our area. Channel 11 Jillian
Hartmann reports on another troubling ripple effect of this pandemic.
Jillian Hartmann: “Well, some people here living in Clairton tell me the U.S.
Steel plan right behind me is a town life-line for many jobs and they are very upset to
hear about the company’s layoffs which impacts both workers and their families”.
Anonymous man: “That upsets me”.
Jillian Hartmann: “U.S. Steel sent out a notice of plans to lay off 6500 (sixty five
hundred) workers. However, they believe the total number of people to actually loose
their jobs would be around 2700 (twenty seven hundred). A spokesperson says the
significant impact from the covid-19 pandemic forces the company to idle one blast
furnace at the Mon Valley Works, which includes four plants. One of them is in
Clairton”.
Anonymous man: “We need it. Even with the pollution, we still need it”.
Jillian Hartmann: “A spokesperson tells us as there will be some layoffs in the
Pittsburg area, the numbers are not expected to be large enough to trigger warn at any of
the locations in our area”.
Anonymous man: “This community is pretty good. If you ask for help, these
people will give a help”.
Jillian Hartmann: “U.S. Steel says they lost $391 Million dollars in revenue in
the first quarter. They layoffs are also due to operational adjustments. And prior to this
pandemic, manufacturing demand also slow down”.
Jillian Hartmann: “Now U.S. Steel did not specify how many workers at the
Mon Valley Works will be impacted. Reporting in Clairton, I’m Jillian Hartmann,
Channel 11 News”.