Outlaw Chinese Steel

Forged with the despicable dividend of stolen trade secrets, priced with monopoly collusion, then traded with fraudulent labeling to dodge U.S. duties, steel from China violates every principle of capitalism. That’s in addition to defying both U.S. and international trade laws.

It’s outlaw steel. And last week, U.S. Steel Corp. asked the U.S. government to outlaw its import.

Union leader urges public control of steel prices

Rolf Gerstenberger wants Canada’s steel prices brought under public control to stop the wild price swings he accuses companies of using to justify attacks on workers.

In his latest flyer to locked-out members of United Steel Workers Local 1005, he argues for the same kind of supply management system Canada already has for wheat and milk.

“Canada must produce its own steel and Canadian wholesale steel prices must come under public control so that they at least equal their prices of production,” Gerstenberger writes. “Frankly, we are sick and tired of being the scapegoat for the failures of the industry and the current economic model.”