Senator John Fetterman vows to block ‘outrageous’ $14.9bn US Steel sale
by Gloria Oladipo from US news | The Guardian on (#6H8K0)
Former mayor of Pennsylvania town of Braddock has long advocated for rights of US steel workers
The US senator John Fetterman has vowed to block the multibillion-dollar sale of US Steel to the Japanese company Nippon Steel, calling the potential deal outrageous".
The former mayor of the south-west Pennsylvania town of Braddock, which is home to a major US Steel plant, Fetterman has long advocated for the rights of American steel workers and positioned himself as a pro-union Democrat.
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