The steel industry is not taking the situation lying down:

• On September 30th, Weirton Steel, along with eleven other domestic steel producers and two trade unions, filed cases with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the US Commerce Department against the worst offenders of existing anti-dumping agreements. So far, the ITC has agreed that Brazil, Japan and Russia are pursuing trade that is damaging to the US steel industry. This opens the door to a broader based investigation by the Commerce Department to allow for tariffs to be collected from these nations retroactive to the filing date. Commerce has until Feb. 12th, 1999 to make their final decision.
  
  
• The US steel industry, the Independent Steelworkers Union and the Steelworkers of America have joined hands in a public awareness campaign, Stand Up For Steel, to alert the public and legislators about the damaging effects of illegal foreign imports on the steel economy. Since the campaign launched in September of 1998, various steel communities including Weirton, WV have hosted "Stand Up for Steel" rallies to galvanize support for jobs and workers.