AK Steel Announces Layoffs for Some Salaried Employees
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Posted: 8:28 PM Jan 9, 2009
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WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WSAZ) -- AK Steel has announced layoffs for an unspecified number of its salaried workforce because of the continued decreased demand for its steel products.

According to a news release on the company's Web site, the layoffs will likely affect salaried employees in all of the company's plants and offices.

While the company says it hopes the layoffs are temporary, a continuation of the economic downturn could result in some or all of the layoffs becoming permanent job reductions.

Last month, AK announced an across-the-board pay cut for its salaried employees and other cost-cutting measures, including temporary incentives for early retirements.
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Posted by: ak retired wife on Jan 13, 2009 at 07:30 PM
this is very sad when they won't tell the real truth of ak being torn down as the state office has said. i got the real story
Posted by: EX AK Engineer on Jan 12, 2009 at 09:07 PM
Does anybody know if any of the furnace supervision have been laid off and who they are.
Posted by: DEEBO on Jan 11, 2009 at 06:32 PM
YOU PEOPLE ACT LIKE AK STEEL IS THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THERE JOBS I FEEL FOR THEM BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE LOSING THERE JOBS ALSO NO BIG DEAL TO YOU ALL I GUESS
Posted by: Bob on Jan 11, 2009 at 05:02 PM
too bad my unemployment and sub-pay wont last as long as your government assistance!
Posted by: Terry on Jan 11, 2009 at 12:41 PM
To hmmm...don't think so-- So all the laborers at AK are uneducated??Is your husband one of the "educated" over-paid employees that got laid off?
Posted by: Back atcha Hmmm on Jan 11, 2009 at 10:26 AM
To Hmmmm..."hopefully it won't be as much as ak paid you so that you can live like the rest of us...". Well there's a classic case of class warfare. Obviously Mr/Mrs Hmmm made some bad choices in life and now they want to bring everyone else down to their level of income and social status because of they can't achieve it themselves. I would call that ENVY. I believe that is one of the 10 commandments; thy shall not covet...does that ring a bell?
Posted by: Charlie on Jan 11, 2009 at 09:14 AM
Yes as it seems those folks were right in that AK was still trying to shut down. That's not the point its the way things were being said I will say this & its as old as the hills -Don't make ignorant remarks about others less fortunate because one day that may be you.
Posted by: red on Jan 11, 2009 at 07:04 AM
To hmmmmm. Grow up, not every person is this area works for AK, and not everybody in this area makes $7.00 an hour. Many make alot more. Get off the couch and find something better if you are not happy. There are many jobs in the mining industry that pay just as well, or are you afraid of the dark.......?
Posted by: hmmmm is a deuche bag on Jan 11, 2009 at 12:52 AM
that's right
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 10, 2009 at 11:57 PM
hmmmm suporter you tell it like it is brother!!!!
Posted by: AK WIFE on Jan 10, 2009 at 11:10 PM
TO HMMMM: if your so jealous of AK workers and the hard money they make, get out there and make your own money. Quit being jealous of what these guys have. They work hard. Putting up with heat in the thousands of degrees. Inhaling junk that no one should have to inhale. They sacrifice holidays with their families so that they can provide for them. I shop at Walmart just like the rest of you. Just because one person may drive a better car than you is no reason to be so jealous. Let me see you out there putting up with the crap AK guys puts up with. Then I wanna hear you complaining. Make your own life, quit being jealous of everyone else's.
Posted by: To AK Wife on Jan 10, 2009 at 11:10 PM
AK Wife...I can tell you have never been on the inside and saw this so called "hard labor".....these "hard workers", for the most part, have to be peeled out of their chairs and makeshift beds to get maybe 5 hours worth of work...there are some good guys I do feel bad for, but they are mostly the older ones..other than that, they hide behind the union and cry when they have to work too much and then cry when they're not getting overtime. Believe me, I know.
Posted by: a ticked off ak man on Jan 10, 2009 at 10:53 PM
hey "hmmmm", you are a peice of work. you have no clue what you are talking about. most of the guys i work with, including my self, work to support our FAMILY. we work at ak in the conditions we do and work the hours we do so our wives don't have to work, not for their benefit, but so that they can be at home with our kids. when is the last time you put in an 88 hour week for your family? when i work a week like that, my wife puts in even more time cooking, cleaning, and taking care of our children. before you start talking about materialistic spouses, get your head out of your hind end and you will see what's really going on!!!!
Posted by: hmmm...dont think so on Jan 10, 2009 at 06:45 PM
"live like the rest of us, week to week, and teach your spouse that there's more important things"...I DONT THINK SO. Just because someone worked at AK, that doesnt mean they were rich. AK hired uneducated men to do manual labor. The fact that they were able to afford things is not something for "hmmmm" to be jealous of. Also, this is not the dark ages. Women are not reliant upon their husbands to teach them something. Apparantly you are living in a different era. This is America and women are perfectly able to make their own decisions, not wait for some man to tell them what to do. DISGUSTING.
Posted by: hmmmm on Jan 10, 2009 at 02:48 AM
I guess the ones who wrote on the last post were correct. These jobs really are going and going fast.Now whos going to continue paying for these fancy cars (the bank will take them gladly) manicures and pedicures get your husbands file out of the garage they work just as good or a dremal tool same thing they use in a salon. hair color wal-mart sells the cheap stuff for $5.00 the savings will at least feed your family and pay your bills. Maybe next time you get another job you might appreciate having that job and not take advantage of the all the money you make well hopefully it won't be as much as ak paid you so you can live like the rest of us, week to week and teach your spouse that there's more important things in life than material goods and wasteful spending has to STOP!!!
Posted by: an AK wife on Jan 10, 2009 at 02:32 AM
IT'S ABOUT TIME... MAYBE NOW THEY WILL CALL BACK THE BOYS THAT ACTUALLY DO THE HARD LABOR IN THAT COMPANY!!!
Posted by: Maddi on Jan 10, 2009 at 01:35 AM
Didn't they just hire people back the other day? Why hire them back if your going to lay other people off. It is crazy and extremely mean to do that to those people that now will have to find new jobs. May god be with all the family's that get (So Called layed off). We all know what So called layed off means. My dad got layed off from ACF over 10 years ago because they said they were going to close it down. But if anyone passes ACF you will notice they didn't close and all the people that they layed off never got their jobs back. Which is very selfish for these companies that are doing this to the people that have stayed away from their families many hours and worked many years so they could make a living for them. Again so selfish.
Posted by: Come again on Jan 9, 2009 at 11:43 PM
What? Things are getting bad when THE MAN starts laying of the MAN.
Posted by: ak wife on Jan 9, 2009 at 08:42 PM
As an AK wife I pray that ALL of these men get back to work soon. This is such as hard time for everyone. Everyone wants to be so negative all the time, but would you want to be in the position that many families,including my own, are in right now? I have faith that things will work out, hang in there guys.
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