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01/03/2016
GMB Union To Attend First Meeting Of The Steel Council
GMB will attend the first meeting of the Steel Council with government ministers, UK Steel and other representatives and trade unions to stand up for the future of the UK steel industry.
The meeting will look at how to address long-term issues for the steel sector and propose steps to protect the industry.
The meeting comes on the back of 2,200 redundancies from the SSI owned Redcar steelworks, 1,200 Tata redundancies in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire and over 700 In Port Talbot. Other proposed redundancies in Rotherham, Stocksbridge, Wednesbury, Trostre, Corby and Hartlepool have led to over 5,000 jobs lost over the past few months which has devastated communities throughout the UK.
Dave Hulse GMB National Officer said "We are looking for real progress being made with the formulation of this new group. Since the Steel Summit on the 16th October 2015 things have been moving at a very slow pace.
"We have gone from crisis to crisis and really need to see action now otherwise GMB fears for the long term future of the steel industry."
The meeting will look at how to address long-term issues for the steel sector and propose steps to protect the industry.
The meeting comes on the back of 2,200 redundancies from the SSI owned Redcar steelworks, 1,200 Tata redundancies in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire and over 700 In Port Talbot. Other proposed redundancies in Rotherham, Stocksbridge, Wednesbury, Trostre, Corby and Hartlepool have led to over 5,000 jobs lost over the past few months which has devastated communities throughout the UK.
Dave Hulse GMB National Officer said "We are looking for real progress being made with the formulation of this new group. Since the Steel Summit on the 16th October 2015 things have been moving at a very slow pace.
"We have gone from crisis to crisis and really need to see action now otherwise GMB fears for the long term future of the steel industry."
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