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Iron Range steel worker union contracts expire Friday

10:06 AM, August 31, 2012

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Union contracts for steel workers in the Iron Range expire at midnight Friday. Negotiations between company and labor union officials have been taking place behind closed doors out in Pittsburgh, Pa. The industry has bounced back to pre-recession profit levels. How might workers share in that success?

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