When The Furnaces Go Dark: Episode 2 The Alton Steel Shutdown And The Fight For Whats Next
Mysteries in the Dark · Luna Sparks & Omar Trekker
January 30, 20269m 40s
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Show Notes
A steel mill. A snowstorm. And in a matter of days, 253 workers without jobs.
Did Alton Steel fall to brutal industry economics… or did a sudden removal of critical materials push it over the edge? Now there are legal questions, shaken families, and a community scrambling to respond.
Paychecks stopped — but the fight for these workers is just beginning.
What really happened behind those mill doors?