Steel company files for bankruptcy protection

YNG2000122903 - 29 DECEMBER 2000 - YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, USA: Patrick Gallagher, a spokesman for the United Steel Workers of America AFL-CIO, said his organization is concerned about LTV Corp's trouble because 11,000 of it's members work for LTV nationwide. LTV Corp, the country's third-largest steel producer, filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court in Youngstown, Ohio on December 29, 2000. bc/mc/ms/Mark A. Stahl UPI