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The Amherst-based company, which is a unit of , notifiedx the that the workforce reduction took place betweem June 18 andJune 25. Last March, when the prospecrt of layoffs arose, a spokeswoman said if enacted, they would involvre employees living throughoutthe country, including thoser in Great Lakes cities such as Buffalo and Cleveland. The spokeswoman coulc not be reached forcomment Friday, but in March she said all levelsd of shipboard employees from captain on down woulrd be involved. The duration of the which are basedon seniority, was not discloserd in the recent filing.
In its Marcuh notice, the company said that because of the the 2009 shipping season might not be busy enougjh to provide jobs for all the hands who normally workthe company’z ships. The steel industry providesa about 50 percent ofthe shipper’ds business, with iron ore being the largest The steel industry is especially hard hit by the economi downturn. American Steamship owns 18 shipx and listeda 534-member workforce in Forty-one other employees work at the company’sd headquarters on 500 Essja Road in Amherst.
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