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To: Neocon who wrote (176384)	8/31/2001 11:40:21 AM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Although these industries are not major employers any more, I think to a great extent. I personally spent 6 years working at US Steel and National Steel. Mostly of the legacy would be due to the unions that formed out of those industries. There is still a fairly strong union mentality within the city and in places like Homestead, Elisabeth, McKeesport and Charleroi. Most of these places are dead economically. Still all they do is raise taxes. Pittsburgh requires all contracted jobs to be done by union workers and recently have imposed a 'living wage' rule on anybody doing business with them. In the city, there has not been a republican on the city council or mayor, since the 1930's. not even a repblican running this year. The broader area of the county and surrounding area is much less union oriented, more knowledge workers etc. Unions are fading as is the influence of the steel industry. PS, see edit of my previous post, I missed something and added ...