Dan Simmons

A man walks past the U.S. Steel Granite City Steel Building on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Granite City, Ill.

First layoffs start this week after U.S. Steel shutters Granite City Works furnace

Will Bauer

The steelworkers union expects 260 to 265 employees will lose their jobs. Pittsburgh-based parent company U.S. Steel has said the layoffs will be temporary, lasting no longer than six months.

A U. S. Steel worker inspects equipment after emptying a pot of liquid steel.

Economy & Business

Steelworkers union could block sale of Granite City plant — keeping 1,000 jobs

Will Bauer

While a looming deal to sell two furnaces at Granite City Works could cut 1,000 jobs, the local's president at the steel mill says U.S. Steel needs union approval to sell.

Granite City native Jason Fernandez, who serves as vice president of Local 1899, was laid off 10 years ago during the Great Recession.

Government, Politics & Issues

Granite City workers in the spotlight as they prepare to make steel again

Mary Delach Leonard

After a two-year wait for jobs to come back, steelworkers threw an old-fashioned street party on Saturday, just blocks from U.S. Steel’s Granite City…

Dan Simmons of United Steelworkers Local 1899 discussed what led to the announcement that U.S. Steel will be rehiring as many as 500 Illinois workers – and what’s next for the plant.

Economy & Business

Demand key to Granite City steelworkers’ rehiring; tariff order ‘icing on the cake,’ says union rep

Evie Hemphill

Ecstatic – that’s the word that Dan Simmons used to describe the mood in Granite City, Illinois, this week.On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, the United…