Thursday, December 21, 2023

Senator John Fetterman vows to block ‘outrageous’ $14.9bn US Steel sale

"Neither US Steel nor Nippon reached out to our union regarding the deal, which is in itself a violation of our partnership agreement that requires US Steel to notify us of a change in control or business conditions," McCall told Axios, calling the sale "shortsighted". 

A previous buyout offer in August, worth $7.3bn, by rival company Cleveland Cliffs, was rejected by US Steel. That offer did have the support of the USW union, which praised the Ohio-based Cleveland Cliffs as being "in the best position to ensure that US-based manufacturing remains strong in this country", and noted it didn't cut jobs during previous acquisitions in 2019 and 2020…

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