GREENUP COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Along with the Greenup County Judge-executive, County Attorney Mike Wilson composed not your usual chain e-mail.

The local leaders are urging a few thousand friends to urge their U.S. legislators to bail out the auto industry, and in turn help get 650 laid off auto supplying AK Steelworkers back on the job.

"They throw bailout money at bankers in suits, but the guys in the hard hats and steel toe boots get neglected," Wilson said.

Samantha Salyers is desperate to pass the chain e-mail along, she says her husband Brian's layoff from AK Steel is making the holiday's tough.

"We're just scrimping, being frugal cutting costs where ever we can," Salyers said.

This week AK Steel announced an across the board five percent pay cut for salaried employees beginning January First.

“As to the bailout they did not put any stipulations on bank CEO's, they did on auto workers," said Steelworkers Union President Mike Hewlett.

Hewlett did not want to talk about any possible concessions labor might make to see the auto bailout happen but a laid off steel worker's wife did not hesitate.

“They are underpaid now, so no,” Salyers said.

Salyers hopes the chain-email helps get her husband his job back.

Along with the five percent pay cuts, AK Steel is freezing all salaried employees’ benefits, offering incentives for early retirement.

They have also said they are not ruling out salaried job cuts, if all of the above does not save them enough money.