Stelco recalling 175 laid-off workers, restarting Hamilton operations Dec. 1

Stelco says it is recalling 175 temporarily laid-off workers as it plans to restart its Hamilton finishing operations on Dec. 1.

On Sept. 28, the company announced its intention to indefinitely idle its cold-rolled and coated operations at Hamilton Works on Oct. 9.

Stelco said in a statement released Friday that it has reached an agreement with a sufficient volume of customers to restart its finishing operations.

It continued to say in the statement that their customers had committed to support the Hamilton finishing operations, “despite the lack of a response from the federal government to address the shortfalls in their tariff response and the continued flood of offshore imports of galvanized products that have eroded our domestic market.”

The company says all impacted employees will also retroactively receive the standard wages they would have received during the time they were temporarily laid off.

“I would like to thank our valued customers for the faith they have placed in us, and our workers for the patience and resilience they have continued to demonstrate during this challenging period,” said Paul Simon, President of Stelco in a statement.

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