U.S. Steel & Nippon Steel Partnership: Jobs Secured for Pittsburgh!
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Eiii folks! Big news dey come from the United States. U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel just finalize demma partnership, and e dey be historic deal o! After President Trump give the deal thumbs up last week, both companies dey call am a 'historic partnership.'
What e mean for Pittsburgh and workers?
This partnership dey promise to protect and even create over 100,000 jobs, thanks to big investments for U.S. Steel facilities, including the Mon Valley area. Plus, U.S. Steel headquarters go remain right here for Pittsburgh. Chale, that be good news!
Nippon Steel dey plan to put about $11 billion inside new investments for U.S. Steel by 2028. And to top am all off, plenty of the U.S. Steel board of directors go be U.S. citizens, and key management, including the CEO, go be from America too. U.S. Steel go still dey produce and supply steel from demma U.S. plants, and Nippon Steel no go stop dem from pursuing trade action.
Workers still dey watch
But United Steelworkers President David McCall dey warn say make we no relax too much. He dey say, “As the sale dey end, e go be like attention go fade. U.S. Steel PR machine go power down, and plenty elected officials go turn demma attention elsewhere. But our union go remain. We go continue dey watch, dey hold Nippon to demma promises, and we go use the most powerful tool wey workers get – collective bargaining.”
Demma current agreement dey expire for September 2026. McCall dey make am clear say if job security, pensions, healthcare, or any hard-earned benefits dey threatened, dem ready to respond with all the strength and solidarity wey dem get. So, make we keep eye on this development o!