40 Tenaris workers at the company’s mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., will be laid off on Sunday.
A manufacturing company says it’s laying off workers in Ontario in response to American tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum.
A spokesperson for Tenaris, which manufactures seamless steel pipes, says 40 workers at the company’s mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., will be laid off on Sunday due to changes in the export market.
David McHattie says the employees were hired at the northern Ontario mill to help with increased demand for the company’s products, including steel pipes.
But months later, the Trump administration imposed a 25-per-cent tariff on steel and a 10-per-cent tariff on aluminum, which Tenaris says has created an “unsustainable” market.
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