(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 6, 2024 at 8:17 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) Hundreds of U.S. Steel employees rallied for the sale of the company to Nippon Steel of Japan shortly after President Joe Biden, according to national reports, announced he will block the sale from happening. The rally happened Wednesday at the plaza outside the U.S. Steel building on Grant Street in Downtown Pittsburgh. U.S. Steel President and CEO David Burritt has previously noted that no deal with Nippon Steel brings up questions about a posssible move of U.S. Steel out of Pittsburgh. 

FILE – A water tower at United States Steel Corp.’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., is seen, Thursday, May 7, 2020. On Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, U.S. Steel said that it rejected a $7.3 billion buyout proposal from rival Cleveland Cliffs and was reviewing “strategic alternatives” after receiving several unsolicited offers. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)