Why Congress Needs to Bring Back Trade Adjustment Assistance

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

Al King and other United Steelworkers (USW) activists spent much of the past year piecing together support for about 600 union miners in Minnesota laid off by Cleveland-Cliffs.

He and leaders across the union collaborated to secure a 26-week extension of state unemployment benefits. King, the USW Local 6511 president, helped to search for training and part-time employment opportunities to give his coworkers options as the layoffs dragged on.