Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once home to the second-largest steel corporation in the United States before it shut its doors for good at the turn of the century. Ex-workers who remember Bethlehem in its manufacturing heyday say they worry about the future of workers’ rights and outsourcing of jobs; issues that could swing their vote, even across party lines.
Pennsylvania’s Men of Steel Seek Pro-Union Candidate
![View of Bethlehem Steel offices with pedestrians in foreground and plant in background, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1907-1914.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B0307FD0-2DA5-49BC-8416-9BC1491A6D4F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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View of Bethlehem Steel offices with pedestrians in foreground and plant in background, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1907-1914.
![View of Bethlehem Steel plant with south Bethlehem in foreground, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1915-1930.](https://gdb.voanews.com/05BFAF8A-C517-474B-A74A-C699007C70CA_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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View of Bethlehem Steel plant with south Bethlehem in foreground, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1915-1930.
![View of Bethlehem Steel plant from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, possibly 1929.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2B9528F0-41E0-4692-9935-C7D64F2C8C97_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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View of Bethlehem Steel plant from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, possibly 1929.