In the Loop (Segments)

Hunger Strike Continues Over General Iron’s Move To Southeast Side


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Metal-shredding recycler General Iron recently closed its operations in Lincoln Park on the North Side after more than a century. The company is now awaiting a final permit from the city to start setting up shop further south — but some residents are pushing back. Reset brings on two community activists to discuss the area’s continuous battle for less industry and more clean air, which has culminated into a growing hunger strike.


GUESTS: Melany Flores, community activist

Audrey Harding, fundraising director at United Neighbors of the 10th Ward


Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad



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