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Lifelong working-class activist and longtime People’s World contributing writer Bruce Bostick died on Oct. 9, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio, after several years of declining health.#labor #politics #us #communistparty #communistpartyusa #obituary #ohio #soar #steelworkers #usw
Bruce Bostick, 77; Working-class fighter on many fronts
Lifelong working-class activist and longtime People’s World contributing writer Bruce Bostick died on Oct. 9, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio, after several years of declining health. Bruce served the people as a member of the Communist Party USA for 52 years. Bruce was born in Richmond, Ind., in 1948.
It's amazing for me to see the factory that I literally grew up across the river from — and tbh, which probably gave me asthma — making world headlines. And for the most terrible possible reasons.
I'm thinking about the family members who lost loved ones, and about the first responders who were confronted with a horrible situation yesterday.
And feeling solidarity with my fellow members of the #Steelworkers union.
Leaders of the United #Steelworkers union are putting their support behind a proposal from a local legislator to shore up the future of steelmaking.
Sen. Nick Pisciottano’s proposed Fueling Opportunities for the Revitalization, Growth, and Efficiency of Steel Act — “FORGES” — would create incentives to support the steel industry in #Pennsylvania:
They were announced during #Trump’s visit to a #US #Steel mill last week, & appear to be aimed at currying favor w/ #steelworkers & the steel industry, including those in swing states like #Pennsylvania, where #USSteel is based.
The higher #tariffs have already rankled close #allies that sell #metal to the #US, including #Canada & #Europe. They also sent alarms to #automakers, #plane #manufacturers, #HomeBuilders, #oil drillers & others that rely on buying metals.
Back in 2015, I had the privilege of interviewing workers at the Pyrex plant in Charleroi, Washington County. Here's my interview, recorded 10 years ago:
http://almanac.tubecityonline.com/podcast/?name=2016-02-12_two_rivers_for_05-15-15.mp3
Today, the plant is closing for the last time, another victim of corporate greed and private equity. Foreign countries aren't destroying American manufacturing — American investors are.
'Disappointing and devastating': #Ohio's Cleveland-Cliffs steel manufacturer to layoff 639 workers in #Minnesota and #Virginia and blames auto industry cuts orders because of Trump #tariffs
#USPol
The Ohio-based company is North America’s largest producer of flat-rolled steel and is idling operations. #Unions #SteelWorkers
🔗 https://www.startribune.com/iron-range-layoffs-cleveland-cliffs-taconite-steelworkers/601240194
#unions are companies too when it comes to buying products and organizing for themselves.
The days when the #steelworkers union infiltrated a company union and organized a steel company from the inside are long gone.
It would be great if union leadership once again paid attention to technology and the antagonism they face from companies in general.
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