The Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago (SWUTT) Monday denounced the decision of the Arcelor Mittal Point Lisas, a subsidiary of the world’s leading steel and mining company, to lay off 600 employees with immediate effect.
The SWUTT said that the company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, had sent letters to “all it workers” laying them off “with immediate effect”.
The union said that only a few workers would remain on the plant for maintenance purposes from the period December 7 to January 15 next year.
In its statement, ArcelorMittal, said it had been unable to reach an agreement with the union on a proposal “for workers with accrued vacation days to proceed on paid vacation, while workers who do not have vacation leave to engage in alternative functions on a temporary basis outside of their normal duties”.
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