Workers end sit-in of Amcan Castings plants in Hamilton and Burlington
Canadian Press
October 15, 2007
HAMILTON – A nearly five-day sit-in by members of the United Steelworkers union at Amcan Castings in Hamilton and Burlington, Ont., has ended.
Workers were told Wednesday that their plant will be liquidated and they were demanding proper severance pay when the doors close.
The agreed settlement provides $2.5 million held in an escrow account to ensure severance will be paid.
About 170 people are employed at the plant and about 100 more are currently laid off.
The union’s Ontario and Atlantic director Wayne Fraser says workers have been through similar scenarios too many times in the last several months.
He says plant closures and runaway companies are forcing workers into economic and emotional hardship.
Confrontation 
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