Middle Class Contracted in U.S. Over 2 Decades, Study Finds

U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works in Illinois in 2015, shortly before the plant was idled. Some displaced employees found new work, but often it paid much less than their jobs at the mill had, forcing them to adjust. “I’ve had to rethink my whole life to make ends meet on what I’m now making,” Mike McCabe, a former U.S. Steel worker, said.
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