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Studies the effects on steelworkers and their families of the United States Steel Corporation's shutdown of its plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Examines the decline of the American steel industry as a result of its refusal to modernize steel-producing facilities and a shift of its investments to a...

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Corporate Author:	California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors:	Adelman, Larry, Daressa, Lawrence, Schmiechen, Bruce, Naretto, John
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, 1984, ©1983.
Subjects:	Iron and steel workers > Pennsylvania > Homestead. Plant shutdowns > Pennsylvania > Homestead. Steel industry and trade > Pennsylvania > Homestead. Steel industry and trade > United States. Unemployment > United States. United States Steel Corporation. Plant shutdowns. Steel industry and trade. Unemployment. Iron and steel workers. Pennsylvania > Homestead. United States.
Summary:	Studies the effects on steelworkers and their families of the United States Steel Corporation's shutdown of its plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Examines the decline of the American steel industry as a result of its refusal to modernize steel-producing facilities and a shift of its investments to acquisitions in more profitable sectors of the economy.