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超过300人面临Stelco裁员,渥太华就业最后通牒仍未解决
汉密尔顿超过300名工人预计将在三周内受到影响。Stelco称其裁员符合收购承诺;渥太华尚未争取到已确认的撤回裁员。
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汉密尔顿超过300名工人预计将在三周内受到影响。Stelco称其裁员符合收购承诺;渥太华尚未争取到已确认的撤回裁员。
汉密尔顿超过300名钢铁工人预计将受到Stelco为期三周的裁员影响。这并非已经失业的人数统计,而是感恩节周末期间正在展开的裁员规模——与此同时,渥太华坚称,这家公司的美国所有者作出过具有约束力的就业保障承诺。政府正在审查一封信,工人则陆续收到通知。2 3
2024年收购Stelco的Cleveland-Cliffs表示,裁员符合其收购承诺,并打算继续推进。工业部长Mélanie Joly表示,公司作出的回应正在审查中,所有选项仍摆在桌面上。现有报道尚未显示已确定撤回裁员,也没有法院认定公司违约。62 59 2
关键事实
10月8日,HeyDay News报道称,渥太华给了Cleveland-Cliffs五个工作日,要求其提交一份处理收购所附就业承诺的方案;若未能做到,政府可能采取法律行动。当时,汉密尔顿工人陆续收到通知,汉密尔顿和Nanticoke可能削减多达500个岗位的分配尚未确定,而回复期限的确切截止时间也未经核实。如今的变化是,工人开始报告自己的工作已经结束,而不再只是预计会失业。
这些数字仍需区分。CTV News最新报道预计,超过300名工人将在三周内受到影响;工会10月9日的一项估算称,约有300至350人会在大致相同的时间内受到影响。这些数字都不能证明裁员已经全部完成。2 98 5
更大的裁员上限涉及哪些地区,仍未厘清。Global News于10月9日发布的节目称,汉密尔顿约600个岗位中最多可能削减500个。其他报道则称,汉密尔顿和Nanticoke合计最多削减500个岗位。这是对裁员预测范围的不同说法,不应相加。三周内裁员的估算,也不能证明剩余的潜在裁员已经发生或已被取消。1 67
Cleveland-Cliffs无限期暂停了Hamilton Works的冷轧和涂层业务;这并不能证明整座工厂已经关闭。美国钢铁工人联合会1005地方分会主席Ron Wells表示,并非所有人都已收到正式通知。每名员工的具体离职日期安排仍不明确,假期周末前收到通知,也不应与员工在假期期间已经离职混为一谈。21 41
渥太华具体要求什么?
与我们先前的报道相比,期限更为具体,但所要求采取的行动仍不明确。CBC News于10月9日发布的报道说,公司有五个工作日提交一份保留加拿大就业岗位的方案。同日发布的Global News报道则称,2026年10月13日是撤回裁员的最后期限。提交保留就业的方案与立即撤回裁员是不同的要求。没有完整信件、收件日期和期限计算规则,无法彻底厘清两篇报道的说法。5 1
Stelco总裁兼总法律顾问Paul Simon回信给Joly。公司的立场是,计划中的裁员并不违反其在《加拿大投资法》下作出的就业承诺。这一回应表明公司否认违约,并不代表法院已证实其遵守承诺;同样,Joly坚称这些义务具有约束力,本身也不能证明这些具体裁员违反了义务。83 59 46
这些承诺源自一项已完成的收购。2024年10月30日,时任工业部长François-Philippe Champagne宣布《加拿大投资法》和战略创新基金的最终批准。Cleveland-Cliffs于11月1日完成收购,使Stelco成为其全资子公司。交易完成时,该公司表示将“保留企业名称及其标志性的加拿大传承”。31 32 30
渥太华称,相关承诺为期五年,要求维持就业水平,包括工会会员的就业。Global News将协议概述为2029年前不得裁员。但这些说法不应被视为可以互换的合同措辞:维持员工总量,可能不同于保障每个具体岗位,具体取决于基准人数、适用地点、衡量期限和例外条款。被引报道没有提供完整承诺文本,因此无法厘清这一差别。2 11 1 58
所有权方案并非就业保障
渥太华提出了可能采取法律行动、强制出售加拿大资产的选项。总理Mark Carney没有排除联邦政府收购的可能性;美国钢铁工人联合会(United Steelworkers)则表示,如果国有化能够保住岗位,该会会予以支持。这些仍只是可能选项和有条件的工会立场,并非各方已同意出售、已宣布收购或已完成干预。1
强制出售意味着要求所有者处置资产,并不意味着渥太华会自动成为买家。公共所有权是另一项独立选择。法律评论认为,《加拿大投资法》第40条允许施加罚款,但现有材料未能核实完整的有效补救条款,也无法证明该条本身授权国有化。这里尚未确认任何与Stelco有关的执法文件、法院或案件编号;这并不能证明不存在相关文件。87 62
皇后大学法学与政策副教授Nicolas Lamp认为,渥太华应考虑国有化,以争取时间、提高透明度,并确保决策服务于加拿大利益。Goncalves已否定这一提议。另据一位法律专家向CTV表示,诉讼或可揭示更多公司裁员的理由,但可能难以阻止裁员。这些是建议和评估,并非已采纳的政策或裁决。66 23 3
收购交易的会计数据无法给出如今救助所需的价格。一项明确以加元计价的记录显示,收购现金对价为C$3,418 million。这是已完成交易的金额,并非渥太华目前为这些资产开出的估值。目前尚无已确定的联邦政府收购价。91
转岗仍可能意味着损失
Mike Watt——他在后来接受CTV采访时被称为Mike Watts——是一名工人,他的经历从预期收到通知变成了实际收到。在CBC较早的采访中,他预计第二天就会收到通知。在CTV较晚的采访中,他说自己已经收到通知,并称在Hilton Works工作21年后,那天是他最后一个工作日。他的经历并不能说明每名工人收到通知的日期。5 4
他说自己感到震惊,管理层提供的信息很少,也担心在账单仍需支付的情况下如何养家。他已经开始申请工作,包括阿尔伯塔省的职位,并表示自己不归咎于任何一方。眼下的不确定性直接影响生活:他需要知道,失去这份工作后,什么收入和工作可以接续。4 5
Cleveland-Cliffs表示,汉密尔顿受影响员工中有相当一部分可能转到Nanticoke的Lake Erie Works;工会对此持怀疑态度,并称空缺很少。讨论中提到约350名受影响工人,但这并不意味着有350个转岗职位。可用岗位、工作邀请、接受情况及实际调动人数均未经核实。44 26
Watts说,申请到那里工作可能会让他的21年资历归零,但仍可保留六周假期。该厂距汉密尔顿约一小时车程。这些是他本人的说法,并非经核实的调动协议条款。即便真的有岗位,通勤时间变长、资历丧失,也可能让这份安排与原工作大不相同。4
他此前提到的收入衔接方案也有条件限制。他说,工人可以领取就业保险(Employment Insurance),并获得工会补助的$250;他还理解为,合同规定35周内不能领取遣散费。资格条件、发放频率、付款条款及实际遣散费规定均未经过独立核实。这并非福利保证,也不是建议所有工人必须等待35周。5
Cleveland-Cliffs首席执行官Lourenco Goncalves将裁员归因于美国贸易战、关税和市场压力。工会则称加拿大客户提出了大量业务。Joly质疑,公司一边支持美国钢铁关税,一边又以贸易战为由,裁减受收购承诺保障的岗位,这种做法前后是否一致。双方的说法都无法替代订单记录,而这些记录是判断当时商业上是否有可用工作所必需的。3 46
Watts还声称,加拿大订单未能交付,而钢坯却被运往美国;他还称,即使不列颠哥伦比亚省的公司有需求,也发生了这种情况。这些仍是工人的指称,并非经独立核实的运输记录或客户订单调查结论。4
10月13日将是下一项据报道的关键考验:渥太华能否争取到撤回裁员,或接受保留就业的方案,以及是否宣布采取执法行动。在此之前,核心失衡仍将持续。公司依据自己对承诺的解释采取行动;工人承受后果,政府则决定如何执行自己的承诺。
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- On October 8, we reported Ottawa's job-saving ultimatum. Now Stelco's layoffs are underway. Hundreds of workers face losing their wages while the government says their jobs carry legally binding protection. Can Ottawa enforce that promise quickly enough to protect their employment?
- More than 300 Hamilton workers are expected to be affected over three weeks. That's the projected impact as the layoffs roll out. Earlier union estimates put it at 300 to 350, with the cuts arriving in three rounds.
- Cleveland-Cliffs has indefinitely idled Hamilton Works' cold-rolled and coated operations. Those are the operations affected by the shutdown announcement. Layoff notices started reaching workers before the holiday weekend, and employment is ending during it.
- The union warns that some workers could receive notice and be laid off the same day. The first effective cuts have been dated October 9 and October 11. Notices arriving and jobs ending can happen on different days.
- The larger projection reaches up to 500 jobs. One estimate places those cuts among Hamilton's approximately 600 jobs. Another spreads the same ceiling across Hamilton and Nanticoke. The allocation remains unsettled, and adding those estimates together would count the projection twice.
- The three-week rollout doesn't tell us whether every other potential cut will happen. Workers are already losing employment, but the final total will depend on how the remaining layoffs, transfers and possible recalls unfold.
- Stelco says its cuts comply with its acquisition commitments and calls Ottawa's breach allegation false. President and general counsel Paul Simon wrote back to Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. She says the obligations are binding. A court hasn't resolved their disagreement.
- Ottawa describes a five-year promise to maintain employment levels, including unionized employment. The agreement has also been described as barring layoffs until 2029. The full undertaking hasn't been made public. Its baseline and exceptions will determine how an employment-level promise applies to these individual job losses.
- Ottawa demanded a plan to preserve Canadian jobs within five business days. October 13 is also the reported deadline for reversing the layoffs. Those demands could require different action. The complete letter and its deadline-counting terms haven't been released.
- Joly is reviewing Stelco's response and says all options remain on the table. So far, the company has answered by defending its compliance and proceeding with the cuts. Ottawa's ultimatum hasn't produced a reversal.
- Cleveland-Cliffs completed the takeover on November 1, 2024. Final approvals under the Investment Canada Act and Strategic Innovation Fund came on October 30. François-Philippe Champagne was industry minister. Stelco became a wholly owned subsidiary of the American company.
- At closing, Cleveland-Cliffs said it was preserving Stelco's name and iconic Canadian legacy. Ottawa now says the takeover also carried enforceable employment commitments. The argument is over how those commitments protect the people who keep the business running.
- The acquisition accounting lists 2,450 million dollars in cash, 343 million in share-exchange consideration and 415 million in debt consideration. That totals 3,208 million dollars in purchase consideration. The table doesn't identify the currency.
- A separate entry explicitly puts the cash consideration at 3,418 million Canadian dollars. It also lists a consideration share price of 60 Canadian dollars. These figures describe the completed takeover. Ottawa hasn't named a price for a federal purchase today.
- The consideration-share count includes outstanding Stelco shares and share-based compensation awards. That helps explain what the acquisition accounting covers. A future offer for the Canadian assets would have to be negotiated on its own terms.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney hasn't ruled out a federal purchase. United Steelworkers would support nationalization if it saved jobs. Queen's University professor Nicolas Lamp argues that public ownership could buy time and transparency, with decisions serving Canada's national interests.
- Ottawa has also raised legal action seeking a forced sale of Canadian assets. A court-ordered sale would require the owner to dispose of assets. A federal purchase would put the government in the buyer's seat. Both remain possibilities.
- The investment law provides for monetary penalties. But one legal expert thinks litigation would probably do little to stop these cuts, even if it revealed more about the company's reasons. A threatened court case hasn't yet delivered protection for these workers.
- Cleveland-Cliffs chief executive Lourenco Goncalves blames the U.S. trade war, tariffs and reduced demand. He has dismissed nationalization. The union disputes the claim that there isn't enough work. Hamilton union president Ron Wells says not everyone has received formal notification.
- The union says Canadian customers offered substantial business. Joly has challenged Goncalves for publicly supporting U.S. steel tariffs, then invoking the trade war to justify these cuts. Their disagreement reaches beyond the promises to the commercial choices behind the layoffs.
- Worker Mike Watt alleges that Canadian orders went unfilled while steel slabs were sent to the United States. He says companies in British Columbia wanted Stelco steel. Customer orders and shipping records haven't settled those allegations or the dispute over demand.
- Watt said earlier that he expected his notice the next day. In his later interview, he said he had received it on his last day at work. He described a shock after 21 years at Hilton Works, with little information from management.
- Watt worries about supporting his family while the bills keep coming. He's already applying for jobs, including in Alberta, and says he blames no single party. The same worker is called Mike Watts in his later interview.
- Cleveland-Cliffs says a significant number of affected Hamilton employees could move to Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke. It's about an hour's drive from Hamilton. The union is skeptical and says there are few openings. The number of actual transfer offers is unclear.
- Watts says applying for a Lake Erie job could reset his 21 years of seniority to zero. He says he'd retain six weeks of holidays. Those are his descriptions of the transfer terms, which haven't been confirmed in an agreement.
- Some discussion of transfers involved roughly 350 affected Hamilton workers. That figure counts workers affected, rather than offers accepted. For Watts, a move could bring a longer commute while stripping away seniority accumulated over more than two decades.
- Watt said workers could collect Employment Insurance and receive a 250-dollar union top-up. He understood the contract to delay severance for 35 weeks, but qualified that understanding. The payment terms and severance provision haven't been confirmed, leaving families unable to calculate their replacement income.
- Goncalves has tied recalls to a Canada–U.S. steel trade agreement. Workers could return if a deal is reached. Watts says he doesn't know whether he'll get his job back and calls the situation “blackmail,” his description of jobs being used as leverage.
- Ottawa hasn't secured a reversal, and Stelco continues to dispute a breach. Whether enforcement can protect these jobs quickly is still unresolved. October 13 is the next reported deadline. Workers are losing employment during the period Ottawa says its employment promise protects.
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