The head of the United Steelworkers (USW) said Nippon Steel needs to rework its deal for United States Steel to win the union¡¯s support, and suggested the American company¡¯s board consider replacing its CEO, as U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to block the transaction.
The union¡¯s president, David McCall, in an interview Thursday said he met in person this summer with Nippon Steel Executive Vice President Takahiro Mori to detail the union¡¯s demands, including ensuring that Nippon Steel¡¯s parent company sign the deal.
¡°If he wants to change that around, and I seriously doubt if he¡¯s capable of doing that, sure, I¡¯ll take any phone call,¡± McCall said. ¡°But he¡¯s not going to make that commitment to us.¡±
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