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…
Steel deal completed
Unite said today’s (May 2) announcement that Liberty House had formally completed a £100m deal to acquire the speciality steel division of Tata Steel UK, was testament to the skills and resolve of…Read more…
Built for Britain
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey will warn the government that it risks betraying steelworkers and their industry, if it fails to guarantee the use of UK steel in major infrastructure projects…Read more…
Steel deal accepted
Steelworkers today (February 15) voted to accept Tata Steel UK’s investment proposals. In a consultative ballot on Tata Steel’s proposal on pensions, jobs, investment and production, Unite…Read more…
Welcome steel report
The country’s largest manufacturing union, Unite called on government ministers to adopt yesterday’s (January 23) special report published by the all-party parliamentary group on Steel and…Read more…
Step in the right direction
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…
Tata sell-off audit call
Job security and the future of the pension scheme are key priorities for Unite following today’s (November 28) announcement that Tata Steel UK is to sell its speciality steel business to Liberty…Read more…
‘No real guts for the fight’
Thousands of steelworkers from across Europe today (November 9) joined Unite steel members in a march through Brussels to protest and demand government action to defend the industry. Speaking…Read more…
Steel: Still no gov’t strategy
Steel giant Tata’s Port Talbot steelworks is back in profit – but workers’ jobs still hang in the balance. Just six months ago the plant – Tata’s biggest UK steelworks – was making a loss of…Read more…
Give guarantees call
Unite called on Tata Steel to give binding commitments on the future of Port Talbot and its UK steel strips business following reports today (July 7) that the steelmaker was planning to pause its…Read more…
Injury to one — injury to all
Same-sex marriage became a hard-won reality two years ago –while it was an important milestone, the fight for LGBT rights is far from over. Homophobia still plays a pervasive and odious role…Read more…
Keep the business together
Unite has responded with concern to the emerging news that Tata steel is looking to break up its remaining UK operations as it continues to seek a buyer for its businesses. According to…Read more…
‘Zombie’ companies threaten millions of jobs
‘Zombie’ companies in China are selling goods lower than it costs to produce them are a threat to jobs in the UK and the rest of Europe, warned Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke as he…Read more…
‘New dawn’ for Scunthorpe
The hard work and sacrifices of Tata Steel’s long products workers were lauded today (June 1), during a handover ceremony in Scunthorpe to the devision’s new owners, Greybull Capital. …Read more…
Government has nowhere left to hide on saving our steel
We haven’t seen the story make its way into the British media yet, but Italian media reported on Friday that the European Commission had issued ‘letters of comfort’ to the Italian government making it clear that state aid to the struggling Ilva steelworks in Taranto in Southern…Read more…
Solid support for UK steel
Hundreds of Unite steelworkers from across the UK joined their colleagues from steel unions GMB and Community in a march in London today (May 25) to press on with their fight to save the industry….Read more…
‘Death knell for key industries’
The decision by the European Parliament recently to oppose granting Market Economic Status (MES) to China is very welome. It follows extensive lobbying by Unite and our global union with the US…Read more…
Shotton spirit
Unite steel reps from Shotton rejoiced in the community spirit that’s kept the steel town optimistic, even as the local steelworks faces uncertainty in the shadow of crisis. Schoolchildren…Read more…
Metal tops bill at Glastonbury?
This year’s Glastonbury festival has a new addition to the bill, and it’s metal but not as you know it. For festival goers used to standard hippy fare, the good news is not that British heavy…Read more…
Rescue plan agreed
Steelworkers have agreed to accept a temporary three per cent pay cut and changes to terms and conditions as part of a rescue plan by Greybull Capital, the company buying Tata’s Long Products…Read more…