WBRC reported that a large crowd gathered at US Steel in Fairfield to protest trade laws they believe are flooding the market with inferior products that could threaten the US industry.

Mr Don Eckard workers at US Steel said that "We're not being dealt a fair hand. Tube and pipe products made by him and his co workers are being replaced by imported ones. They dump it into this country at a lower cost than what we can make it for. That's not right to people in America."

Mr Eckard said that the workers' concern is that American made steel products won't be needed and the drop in demand will lead to plants shutting down. Washington has the ability and power to make it to where we can keep our jobs. They have the power to stop these other countries from dumping into our country.

He said that they all want to keep their jobs but they also want a fair chance to compete in the market. If it goes into US soil, we need to be the ones to make it."

Congressman Mr Robert Aderholt said that "There are people in Washington trying to do our part. And we understand we've lost a lot of jobs in the State of Alabama, in the steel industry. We can't afford to lose anymore. I got a family to support. Everybody here you see, they've got families to support."