Beth Steel, Redux

"Stockton’s city manager, Robert Deis, is focusing on cutting retiree health benefits instead of pensions, because he said the retiree health plan was completely unfunded — as opposed to its pension being 70 percent funded — and the cost was growing at a faster rate."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/business/untouchable-pensions-in-calif...

Goodbye Tin Mill, Hello Galvalume

March 5, 2005

On March 2, The Baltimore Brew reported that RG Steel plans to idle the storied tin mill at Sparrows Point.
http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2012/03/02/rg-steel-plans-to-idle-sparrows-...
I can't help but think of the former tin floppers that I interviewed for ROOTS and how sad they must be to hear this news.

Call Backs at the Point

January 12, 2012

About 30 laid off blast furnace workers have been called back to work at Sparrows Point. Good news though the long-term outlook is unclear. More on the situation at the Point here:

http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2012/01/07/ore-ship-arrives-at-steel-mill-s...