Lakshmi Mittal

Google up ArcelorMittal and you can find he is trying to bully governments and people worldwide. In America they let him get away with his agenda to reduce steel capacity because the unions have no solidarity and our elected officials are cowards.

ArcelorMittal's Hennepin finishing plant in Hennepin,Illinois is being gutted by a group of 30 USW volunteers. Many had worked at the plant for 40 years until this foreign corporation decided that this high tech, profitable and the newest wholly owned by ArcelorMittal in the United States needed to be closed. The reasons given were lies after lies repeated so often that people you would think had common sense believed them. Costs and transportation were to high. We have to much capacity they said. These were just lies and those keeping them going were the ones who felt they had much to loose. Like ArcelorMittal's Indiana East and Indiana West plants who scored miserable when compared to Hennepin. This was no Lie. It was a very expensive study paid for by Lakshmi Mittal that said in a nut shell Hennepin is better, more profitable and has a self directed work force that you might want to model your other plants to. What an embarrassment. Hennepin had to GO!

Mr. Mittal, American demolition is not nearly large enough to do the work at Hennepin in the six months you require. They would have to hire an additional 200 torch men for the purpose. Here's a better plan. ArcelorMittal starts becoming a responsible corporation. Rather than crapping all over the people of Hennepin and Illinois, why not sell it when the boys are finished gutting it out? Making the building go away will not make ArcelorMittals problems with the people go away. It's time for ArcelorMittal to hire realtors in the Hennepin area that work honestly and in the open .