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figgyburn · 15-10-2015, 11:03

As in many western societies the workers priced themselves out of their jobs.think british steel.u.s. steel. These were huge entities and employed many people but the workers did not want any reduction in their wages to compete with the cheaper eastern steel so the end was nigh.i have just been in Pittsburgh(steeltown) on holiday and visited a few steel museums and met people once employed by u.s. steel and they said if they had been a bit more flexible and met the bosses halfway there might have still been a u.s. steel business,the once mighty Carnegie homestead mill is now a shopping centre.hindsight is a wonderful thing.

15-10-2015, 11:03	#41
figgyburn Inactive Join Date: May 2009 Location: edinburgh Services: vm bbl.tvxl Posts: 279	Re: Should the coal mines in the UK be reopened? As in many western societies the workers priced themselves out of their jobs.think british steel.u.s. steel. These were huge entities and employed many people but the workers did not want any reduction in their wages to compete with the cheaper eastern steel so the end was nigh.i have just been in Pittsburgh(steeltown) on holiday and visited a few steel museums and met people once employed by u.s. steel and they said if they had been a bit more flexible and met the bosses halfway there might have still been a u.s. steel business,the once mighty Carnegie homestead mill is now a shopping centre.hindsight is a wonderful thing.