A Calgary steelmaker handed out permanent layoff notices to about 270 workers in the city this week after a temporary shutdown in January.
TenarisPrudential, which makes steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, made the cuts this week, a union official confirmed Monday.
"We're down to a third of the work-force we had at the end of last year and it looks pretty gloomy,"said Wylie Craig, president of the United Steelworkers Local 7226.
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