汉密尔顿市的数百名Stelco公司员工面临着不确定的未来。该公司周一宣布，将无限期暂停其在汉密尔顿工厂的冷轧和涂层生产业务。
Hundreds of Stelco workers in Hamilton are facing an uncertain future after the company announced Monday it will indefinitely idle its cold-rolled and coated operations at its Hamilton Works plant.
联合钢铁工人协会第1005分会的主席罗恩·威尔斯表示，这些生产业务的关闭预计将于10月9日开始，汉密尔顿工厂约有350名员工将被裁员。
Ron Wells, the president of United Steelworkers Local 1005, says the wind-down is expected to begin Oct. 9, with about 350 workers from the Hamilton plant expected to be laid off.
他估计，包括汉密尔顿工厂以及安大略省南蒂科克的Lake Erie工厂在内的所有受影响工厂，总裁员人数可能达到500人。Stelco公司还表示，另有约500名员工也可能受到波及。
He said the total layoffs could be up to 500 in total, between the Hamilton and Lake Erie Works plant in Nanticoke, Ont. Stelco has also said up to 500 workers could be affected.
“我实在不想用‘我们感到失望’这样的说法来形容自己的心情——我们其实是感到非常愤怒和沮丧，”威尔斯周二上午对CBC汉密尔顿频道表示。
"I hate using 'we're disappointed' — we're disgusted," Wells told CBC Hamilton Tuesday morning.
对于那些与这家工厂有紧密联系的家庭来说，这种不确定性已经给他们带来了巨大的压力。
For families connected to the plant, the uncertainty is already taking a toll.
吉莉安·瓦特的丈夫是一名生产线工人，在汉密尔顿的Stelco公司工作了21年。她说，目前还没有人告诉她丈夫是否会被裁员。
Jillian Watt's husband is a line worker, and has worked at Stelco in Hamilton for 21 years. She said he has not yet been told whether he will be among those laid off.
“公司还没有与员工进行个别沟通，所以情况仍然悬而未决，”她周二上午说道。作为加拿大公共雇员工会健康工作者分会的代表，瓦特是在距离Stelco工厂不远的National Steel Car公司门口接受CBC采访的。
"They haven't spoken to individuals, so it's kind of still up in the air," she said Tuesday morning. Watt, who is a union representative for a Canadian Union of Public Employees heath workers local, spoke to CBC from the entrance to National Steel Car, just down the road from Stelco.
National Steel Car公司的员工已经罢工48天了，其他工会成员也经常加入他们的抗议行动。
National Steel Car workers have been on strike for a 48 days and have been regularly joined on the picket line by other unionized workers.
瓦特特别担心：如果裁员是按照员工的工作资历来决定的，她丈夫的工作经历是否足以让他免于被解雇。她表示，失去家庭主要收入来源的可能性让他们感到无比焦虑。
Watt is particularly concerned about whether her husband's experience with the company is enough if layoffs are decided by seniority. She said the possibility of losing the family's main source of income is particularly stressful.
“他可是家里的主要经济支柱啊。我们还有四个孩子要养活，真的非常艰难，”她说。“这对我们俩来说都是一次沉重的打击。”她还说，近几个月来，她丈夫就已经对公司的经营状况感到担忧（因为工厂的生产活动一直在暂停，订单量也在减少）。现在，他们只能等待公司接下来的决定……“这真的让人压力巨大，”她再次强调。
"It's a breadwinner for a family. We have four kids, you know, trying to make it by," she said. "It was a bit of a kick to the gut for both of us." Watt said her husband had already been concerned about the plant in recent months, as operations were idled and orders slowed. Now, they are awaiting the verdict of what happens next. "It's very stressful," she said.
工会质疑岗位承诺。韦尔斯说，周一上午与公司开会时，工会才得知有关裁员的消息。
Union questions job commitments Wells said the union was told about the layoffs during a meeting with the company Monday morning.
他说，他一直在与员工沟通，大家担心裁员会持续多久，因为公司并未给出结束日期。
He said he has been talking with workers concerned about how long the layoffs could last because the company has not provided an end date.
“大家都在问，这要持续多久？我们是不是该开始找另一份工作？”韦尔斯说，“大家都很担忧。”公司表示，部分受影响的员工可能会获得南蒂科克伊利湖钢铁厂的岗位。
"They're asking how long is this going to last? Should we start looking for another job?" Wells said. "People are concerned." The company has said some affected workers could be offered jobs at Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke.
但韦尔斯说，工会获知那里只有大约40至45个空缺，而这个数量据他说远少于汉密尔顿可能裁掉的人数。
But Wells said the union was told there are only roughly 40 to 45 openings there — a number he says falls well short of the potential layoffs in Hamilton.
韦尔斯还质疑克利夫兰-克利夫斯钢铁公司在2024年收购斯泰尔科时所作的承诺。
Wells is also questioning the commitments Cleveland-Cliffs made when it acquired Stelco in 2024.
他说，协议包括在五年内维持工会员工人数的承诺，他希望联邦政府能够监督落实。
He said the agreement included a commitment to maintain the number of unionized employees for five years, and he wants the federal government to enforce it.
“做出这些决定的人都在克利夫兰，他们与我们的社区没有任何联系。”韦尔说，“如果350名汉密尔顿人失去工作，他们根本不在乎。”克利夫兰-克利夫斯钢铁公司企业传播高级总监帕特·珀西科在发给CBC新闻的电子邮件声明中表示，尽管斯泰尔科正在暂停汉密尔顿部分业务，但随着公司将其生产集中到伊利湖钢铁厂，公司的钢铁总产量不会受到影响。
"You have people making these decisions in Cleveland and they have no ties to our community," Well said. "If 350 Hamiltonians lose their jobs, they don't care." Pat Persico, the senior director of corporate communications for Cleveland-Cliffs, told CBC News in an emailed statement that while Stelco is idling some of its operations in Hamilton, the company's total output of steel will not be impacted as it consolidates production at its Lake Erie Works.
“非常重要的是，伊利湖钢铁厂的就业机会将优先提供给汉密尔顿员工。”珀西科在邮件中写道，“我们预计，汉密尔顿因无限期停产而受到影响的相当一部分员工将得到伊利湖钢铁厂的吸纳。”对汉密尔顿而言，这是“灾难性”消息。汉密尔顿市长安德烈亚·霍沃思说，该市一直在与联邦政府和省级政府合作，以应对这一消息。“斗争还没有结束。”霍沃思周一在CBC的广播节目中说。
"Very importantly, job opportunities at Lake Erie Works will be offered to Hamilton employees," Persico wrote in an email. "We expect that a significant number of employees affected by the indefinite idle at Hamilton should be absorbed at Lake Erie Works." 'Devastating' news for Hamilton Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath said the city has been working with the federal and provincial governments in response to the announcement.
重要声明：
"The fight is not over," Horwath told CBC's radio program on Monday.
新闻报道：
As It Happens6:54Hamilton steelworker layoffs 'painful for our community,' says mayor She said she believes Cleveland-Cliffs is not living up to commitments made to workers and that she has asked city staff to review commitments made during the company's restructuring process.
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"We're going to fight tooth and nail to have them basically live up to their commitments and protect these jobs," she said.
内容：汉密尔顿市钢铁工人的裁员令当地社区感到痛心市长表示：“汉密尔顿-克利夫斯公司没有履行对工人的承诺，她已要求市政府工作人员重新审查该公司重组期间所做的各项承诺。”
Karina Gould, the Liberal MP for nearby Burlington, called the decision "devastating news" for Hamilton and said the federal government is prepared to provide support to maintain operations and protect jobs.
“我们将竭尽全力确保该公司履行其承诺，保护这些工作岗位，”市长说道。
"This is a very difficult time," Gould said.
相关评论：来自邻近伯灵顿的自由党议员卡琳娜·古尔德称这一决定对汉密尔顿市来说是“毁灭性的消息”，并表示联邦政府愿意提供支持以维持当地企业的运营并保护就业机会。“这是一个非常艰难的时期，”古尔德说。
Hamilton mayoral candidate Keanin Loomis, who is the president and CEO of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, also called the announcement "devastating." "Steel jobs have supported generations of Hamilton families and remain vital to our local economy," Loomis said in a statement on social media.
汉密尔顿市长候选人基宁·卢米斯（同时也是加拿大钢铁建筑协会的总裁兼首席执行官）也在社交媒体上表示：“这一消息令人痛心。钢铁产业一直支撑着汉密尔顿市的许多家庭，对当地经济至关重要。”
The impact of tariffs has been a discussion topic on the municipal election campaign trail, with several candidates sharing proposals on how to respond to trade uncertainty.
关税的影响：关税问题一直是本次市政选举的热门话题，多位候选人提出了应对贸易不确定性的方案。
For Watt, the announcement represents another difficult moment for a city where steel means so much.
对于瓦特来说，这一裁员决定对汉密尔顿市来说又是另一个艰难的时刻——因为钢铁产业在该市具有举足轻重的地位。
"My grandfather, my dad, my uncles, they all worked at Stelco," she said. "My husband and my brother are there, and this is going to have a huge impact."
“我的祖父、父亲和叔叔们都曾在Stelco公司工作；我的丈夫和弟弟也在那里工作，这次裁员将对他们产生巨大影响，”瓦特说。“现在真是令人恐惧的时期……”
"It's scary times."