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BEAUMONT, Texas A lockout that began May 1, 2021, has entered its ninth month in Beaumont, a city of a little over 100,000 people 80 miles east of Houston.
now we pushed hard enough and lobbied hard enough to get these investigations started. the commerce department did in fact find harm to the degree of very stiff degrees to impose the 25% and 10% on the aluminum. the problem is, it s a broad brush. we have many countries that are bad trade partners, but we have equally good trade partners. you know, the canada, our sisters and brothers. they re part of the usw with us. neil: so the fact that there s so many of your canadian colleagues part of this and they re getting hurt by this, so you guys almost had no choice but to reject this. but it is helping jobs for steel workers. you don t agree with that? it should equate to some jobs creation specifically here in the domestic markets obviously. it s going to open up opportunities for the steel industry in the united states
chops, cheese products, cold cuts. the canadians said they will address everything from steel and aluminum to whiskey and orange juice that makes its way to their country. so what is going on? dan simmons, the united steel worker s local. thanks for taking the time. you re welcome. it s a mess and it is something that we all need to be discussing. this is what is difficult, neil. it s kind of a bitter sweet. we ve been pushing and advocating for some assistance, government assistance for quite some time. specifically to our bad trade partners that have been illegally dumping and harming our steel and aluminum for many years. i ve been advocating for ten years plus. we ve been falling on deaf ears.