Article 42PQK 'It hasn't benefited us a dime': Georgia steelworkers' verdict on Trump tariffs

'It hasn't benefited us a dime': Georgia steelworkers' verdict on Trump tariffs

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Khushbu Shah in Trenton
from on (#42PQK)

US steel plants are meant to be booming in the wake of Trump's tariffs - but tell that to production line workers in Trenton

Union member and mill operator Joey Casey, 40, wasn't getting paid for the day, so he enjoyed lunch at Thatcher's BBQ on the main square in Trenton, Georgia.

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We made this company, we made it what it is, off our backs. I believe in the company still

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