When US Steel took over the local steel plant they basically shut it down. My son was an inspector at a local plant that did work for the original company Stelco. They were forced to close. He lost a 50,000 dollar a year job.
They screwed him out of 12,000 in severance by declaring bankruptcy.
He went back to college and got his licences in HVAC, Gas, Oil and also a certtificate in waste water operations. He was top of his class with 86%.
It has been at tough 2 years and he just about exhausted all his funds. He is married and has a small son and a home.
Today he starts work at one of the larger HVAC firms in the area. He was hoping for a waste water operator job with the local region, and is still in the running. But for now he needs the money.
Because of his Licences he will start at the upper end of the pay scale so he will have a decent wage and has a lot of opportunity at this facility.
We all breathed a sigh of relief. Two years is a long time to be out of work.
I am so proud that he hung in and got through it.