Jones and Laughlin Steel Company

Only a little while.

Three years and two months will complete his 30 years with Jones and Laughlin.

And then what's a man of his age? Six more years and then social security.

So he'll have both.

yeah i um I grew up in the town of Ambridge on the Ohio River, just north of Pittsburgh.

And as a young kid, my dad, my whole family came to the area to work in the mills, American Bridge Works, J&L Steel.

And there was a guy that worked with...

A lot of my family in the 60s and 70s in Jane Eyles Steel that I'd hear stories would bring a hawk into the steel mill and catch pigeons in the mill.

Friends of hers that she knew well, and they were a little bit down because of the seeming recession.

One friend had worked for 27 years at Jones & Laughlin, one of the great big steel firms of our country.

In the months of September and October, they let out 4,000 workers.

He had to put in three more years, three years and two months, to complete a 30-year service with the firm.

But even back in 1910, though, it was pretty well populated, which makes sense what with both the Ohio River and the Beaver River flowing through the county.

The Jones & Laughlin Steel Company opened a steel mill in 1905 that kept workers employed and families afloat right up through the collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s.

A handful of legendary athletes hailed from Beaver County.

Pro Football Hall of Famers Joe Namath, Mike Ditka, and Tony Dorsett.

Friends of hers that she knew well, and they were a little bit down because of the seeming recession.

One trained had worked for 27 years at Jones and Laughlin, one of the great big steel firms of our country.

In the months of September and October, they let out 4,000 workers.

He had to put in three more years, three years and two months to complete a 30-year service with the firm.

So she reminded him of this technique.

Now she said, you are afraid that you might be let out.

After 27 years, and two months in Jones and Laughlin.

I will now remember when you were afraid.

You know, U.S. Steel signed an agreement with United Steel or what became the United Steelworkers, I think, in 1936.

But then companies known as Little Steel, Bethlehem, Jones & Laughlin, Republic, they said, no, not now, not ever.

And they literally prepared for war, just like Carnegie and Frick did.

There's tons of books that document how they were getting weapons and munitions and tear gas to prepare for war, literally with their workers, because they did not want a union.