Sixteen Inco (TSE) office workers, including five women, have volunteered to be in the first group to attend the company’s mining school on March 1. Last December, Inco announced that 86 office staff positions at its operations in Sudbury, Ont., would be phased out.
Jose Blanco, vice-president of human resources and administration for Inco in Sudbury, says the company is trying to find other jobs for its employees and to provide re-training where possible before laying off anyone. To date, 59 people, including 27 women have opted for job transfers to various processing plants or mines within the company’s Sudbury division. Those seeking underground work must first undertake six weeks of training at the company’s mining school.
Inco’s Sudbury operations presently employ 6,800 people at 11 mines, two refineries, a mill and a smelter.
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