Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski says the deal President Donald Trump is touting between U.S. Steel and Japan-based Nippon Steel fails to bring workers to the table or direct funding to revitalize the steel mill in Granite City.
President Trump didn’t offer many specifics when he spoke to Pennsylvania steelworkers on Friday.
Trump also announced he wants to double the tariff on steel imports to fifty-percent.
In a release, Congresswoman Budzinski says Granite City deserves more than broken promises and publicity stunts. She says she’s fighting to ensure at least $500 million of the $14 billion deal comes to U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works facility. She says the money would go toward upgrading the mill with a modern granulation system and the infrastructure needed for workers to thrive.
Budzinski says it’s unfathomable that the merger proposal includes billions for new facilities, but leaves behind the steelworkers in Granite City who’ve honorably served U.S. Steel for many decades.
