Steelmakers already short-staffed as Trump pushes for U.S. factory revival

Thomas Reisinger commutes almost an hour-and-a-half each way for a job in a cavernous steel processing plant here. "I don't speed," he said dryly. Some of his coworkers come from much farther, including one who spends workweeks living in a camper and returns home only at weekends.

This corner of eastern Arkansas is dotted with RV parks that cater to such workers..