Steel Mills
March 12, 2016
ArcelorMittal Shuts Down Trinidad Facility
Written by Sandy Williams
Steelworkers at ArcelorMittal in Trinidad and Tobago were fired one day after winning a wage dispute in the Industrial Court. ArcelorMittal said it is closing the Point Lisas plant and workers would receive one-month’s salary and payment for any unused vacation time.
In November 2015, 480 workers were laid off for six weeks and then again in February after resuming work for just two weeks. Point Lisas’ workers would have returned to work on Sunday, March 13.
