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Costello is the human face of a dramatically changed industry. With about 30 steel firms operating under bankruptcy protection, the steelworkers' union has willingly taken part in a vast restructuring of pay and benefits spearheaded by New York City investor Wilbur Ross. His International Steel Group (ISG) recently completed its third major acquisition in two years, buying most of the assets of bankrupt Bethlehem Steel. Ross warns of more wage pressure ahead: "If we don't reform our labor system very soon, we won't have a manufacturing sector to worry about." He is taking aim at work rules that...