HAMILTON – U.S. Steel is calling 800 laid-off Hamilton employees back to work, breathing some life back into its mothballed Canadian operations.
The Pittsburgh steelmaker, which acquired Stelco Inc. in 2007, will restart its Hamilton coke ovens and begin recalling workers in the coming weeks, said Rolf Gerstenberger, president of Local 1005 of the United Steelworkers union.
There are no plans yet to recall any workers at U.S. Steel’s Lake Erie plant, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. There is also no immediate intention to restart any Canadian operations other than the Hamilton coke ovens.
Though U.S. Steel has declined to comment, observers cited possible reasons for the recall.
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This looks like good news and I have not heard a peep of any of this from MSM. National Press Gallery focusing only on bad news. Thanks Jack for keeping Canadians informed.