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Lorain Steel Plant Saga Reflects Decades of Change
The Lorain Works steel mill, once a major U S steel producer with about 9 000 workers, faced waves of layoffs, mergers, and a prolonged 1980s-90s downturn. Workers recall 1982 layoffs, 1986 rail clashes, 1990s stabilization, and 1999 RTI merger tensions, with pension fears and tense management relations shaping morale.
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United Steelworkers Union
U.S
Goforth
Jose R. Acosta
Elyria Township
Acosta
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
United States Steel Corp
Bar Mills
South Lorain
Lorain
John Amador
Sheffield Lake
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
USX Corp. Lorain Works
Jim Leighty
Leighty
Ben Rader
Elyria
Rader
Dar
Republic Technologies International Inc
USS/Kobe Steel Co
Lorain Tubular Co
Petrofski
Republic
Amador
Lengyel
Rich Hoover
Hoover
Mark Lute
Lute
Arlan Roadway
RTI
Roadway
Ken Pruchnicki
Jason Ketchum
Nate Jones
Lakewood
Bob Hatch
Hatch
Ketchum