ArcelorMittal Georgetown Steel Mill Lays Off 20
11/05/2012 - Twenty workers at ArcelorMittal's Georgetown mill in South Carolina have been laid off and another 20 open positions will go unfilled, the Sun News reported.
After years of on-again off-again work at Georgetown’s steel mill, workers are now facing more bad news as the mill cuts back.
Twenty workers at the mill have been laid off and another 20 open positions will go unfilled, local Steelworkers Union President James Sanderson said Saturday.
In a reduction Sanderson blamed on cheaper steel imports from China, the mill shed the 20 workers Oct. 26, shifting from three crews to two crews. Sanderson said the change means the mill now employs a little less than 200 workers, down from 282 workers and four crews in 2008...
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The ArcelorMittal Georgetown electric furnace mill produces wire rod primarily for the construction, automotive, industrial and converter markets.
