Weirton Area Museum & Cultural Center presents the story of Weirton's ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) after the announcement of National Steel to sell Weirton Steel Co. in 1982.
I Would Like to Say Thank You and Also My Family Is From Weirton, WV and Steubenville, OH 😊 and I Appreciate The History And It’s Nostalgic To Watch This Im Areas My Grandad Lived and Had a House Overlooking The Weirton Steel Mill ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I just watched life goes on ESOP and found it very interesting even though I kinda remember my dad talking about it and I do remember when the employees bought Weirton steel so sad of what became of it and what happened to this town because of it but I really enjoyed watching it and looking forward to see the rest.. I grew up on weircrest and it was one of the best places I could have lived my dad Gary Davis Worked ther all his life and to go back in time again..id do anything to live threw it again thank you for sharing!! 😄
I'm with you because I thought I saw where it ended up shutting down. We had a paper mill that the workers tried to do the same thing but were skrewd from the beginning. Between the current owners and the rest not willing to take a cutback they ended up with nothing. Now there are no jobs and no plant, AND no incentives for new businesses because of morons on county government don't want to work with paople that would come here to build a business. Going to hell in a hatbox.
I was layed off for 4an three quarters years!..an even lost my recall rights..but got called back !!..years later I got my my time back..from the Union suit! I had two Lockers in just about every part of the mill one for dirty clothes one for clean clothes except the General Offices an he half moon!.. I had a key chain at home and everything marked so I could keep track of the keys to my lockers !!..lol !!..!!..sometimes every two weeks I would be in a totally different divisions of the mill !..if iwant to keep my job !!..I was always layed off an on !!. Hired1978... 3 Years After High School that was the biggest mistake of my life !!..I should have went right in After High School !!.i would have still been working to this day !!..but I decided to manage my father's gas stations in Stead .3 in Weirton...that experience was well worth it in my life !!..
