Stelco recalling 175 laid-off workers at Hamilton steel plant
Hamilton steelmaker Stelco is recalling 175 workers that had been laid off earlier this fall.
Federal government told company to recall workers or face possible legal action
Darren Major · CBC News
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Hamilton steelmaker Stelco is recalling 175 workers that had been laid off earlier this fall.
Stelco made the announcement in a news release on Friday, saying that the workers would be back in the factory by Dec. 1. The company also indicated that it would retroactively pay the workers for the time they were laid off.
The American parent company, Cleveland-Cliffs, announced in September that it planned to lay off as many as 500 workers as it idled certain steel production at Stelco.
The federal government said that any move to lay off workers would violate "binding commitments" Cleveland-Cliffs made when it bought Stelco in 2024.
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly wrote to the Ohio-based company in mid-October, demanding that it reverse the layoffs or face possible legal action.
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Darren Major is a senior writer for CBC's parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. He previously worked as a digital reporter for CBC Ottawa and a producer for CBC's Power & Politics. He holds a master's degree in journalism and a bachelor's degree in public affairs and policy management, both from Carleton University. He also holds a master's degree in arts from Queen's University. He can be reached at darren.major@cbc.ca.
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