WQED Specials
Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike
Citing unfair labor practices, members of the United Steelworkers Local 1196 took to the picket lines against Allegheny Technologies in March 2021. Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike is their story. The steelworkers gave unique access to Sam George, a documentary filmmaker for the Bertelsmann Foundation, a non-partisan think tank based in Washington, DC.