NPR (National Public Radio) ran an audio story about generations of steel mill workers. There’s an audio button you can listen to. The audio portion is about 4 minutes long, and available by clicking the link above, and then the “listen” button.
‘The mill was always in my life, even as a baby.’
That statement is as true for Ken Kobus as it was for his father — and his father’s father. In 1906, Kobus’ grandfather started work at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.