Michael Jackson was born August 29, 1958, to Joe Jackson, a Gary, Indiana, steelworker, and his wife, Katherine.

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One person using the charity's services is former steelworker Roy Bickerdyke, who lost his home after being made redundant.

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With a government subsidy, a plant-loving former steelworker might choose to become a part-time gardener rather than retrain for a more skilled job.

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Russell Hudson, 69, a retired steelworker who came to the meeting from Trenton, about an hour's drive away, said he was concerned about the IRS' conduct.

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The owner's tightfisted control lasted for decades, until Marvin Miller, a veteran of the steelworker labor fights, took control of the Players Association in the mid-1960s.

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Mr Mehdi, a former steelworker, said the artwork was inspired by, and a tribute to, all the men and women who had worked in the coal and steel industries in South Yorkshire.

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But a steelworker in Buffalo, or an underemployed construction worker in Las Vegas, can't easily take his skills to where they are needed in North Dakota or Wyoming if he's underwater on his mortgage.

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Steelworker Chun Duk Tong(ph), 29, agrees.

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