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Unite’s Workers’ Plan for Steel campaign has lit a fire in people from all walks of life — and all ages. Last week, the campaign held a day of action in the UK’s major steel towns including Port Talbot, Scunthorpe and Sheffield. The campaign has only just begun but it’s already making major waves. And […]
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Unite took its Workers’ Plan for Steel campaign straight to the heart of Port Talbot, at the ShunkFest 2023 music and culture festival last weekend (October 14-15). ShunkFest featured more than two dozen bands, including headliners, alt-rock band Trampolene and ‘shoegaze’ duo Pastel, over the two days of the festival. Unite’s organising and leverage team […]
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Speculation has emerged that Tata is in talks with the UK government to replace the plant’s blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces as a condition of its investment in the site.
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The consultation over Tata steelworkers’ pensions closed this week (January 29) after nearly 100,000 workers made key decisions over their future retirement income. The vast majority of the…Read more…
German steel company Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel today (September 20) announced that they had taken the first step in merging their European operations after signing a memorandum of understanding…Read more…
It’s been nearly a year since hundreds of steelworkers from across the UK descended on Parliament in a march to save an industry that forms the bedrock of all UK manufacturing. At the time,…Read more…
Unite along with other steel unions have yesterday (December 7) secured a commitment from Tata Steel to secure the future of jobs and production at Port Talbot and other steelworks across the UK….Read more…
The government hinted that part-nationalisation of Tata’s UK operations now up for sale could be a possibility as a buyer is being sought. Business secretary Sajid Javid said yesterday (April…Read more…
Business secretary Savid Javid returned from Mumbai today (April 7) after talks with Tata Steel chairman Cyrus Mistry in a bid to gain assurances that the Indian steel conglomerate will sell off its…Read more…
Labour has proposed a £35bn plan to save Port Talbot steel works and the rest of the British steel industry by bringing forward work on HS2 and 500 other rail, airport and road projects. More…Read more…
Three days after news broke that Tata Steel would be selling its entire UK business, business secretary Sajid Javid has finally returned from his trip to Australia and today (April 1) faces Port…Read more…
Tata Steel’s decision on Tuesday (March 29) to sell its entire UK operation shocked the nation, and now government ministers are scrambling to come up with a solution after stalling for more than a…Read more…
Last night (March 29) the steel industry was dealt a hammer blow as TataSteel UK announced that it plans to completely withdraw from its British operation, putting thousands of jobs at risk. …Read more…