Redcar Save Our Steel, Port Talbot and UK steelworks fight for their future
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
The horror of it is that our fuckwitted lords and masters happily go along with the argument that arms-manufacturing capability is important, but seem sanguine about letting a key material for production of their toys disappear from our manufacturing base.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Just announced via BBC breaking news ticker that plant will be mothballed with loss of 1700 jobs.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Jesus fuck.
And pretty much the owners are saying "we're mothballing so we can come back when you're willing to give us subsidies, and the employees are prepared to sell themselves cheaper, or so we can sell the plant on".
Boss class shitcunts.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
The Tories have responded with a bored shrug and the promise of a task force for those losing their jobs. Labour have rightly hammered them for that, but so far no comment about what a Corbyn led party would do in these circumstances.
Then you have Osborn over in China banging on about investment in a northern powerhouse,(which we already had until the Tories destroyed it) the Chinese have dumped millions of tons of cheap steel on the world markets. That results in this. All bastards and now up to 8000 workers and their families will be affected due to the suppliers and service providers for the now to be mothballed steelworks in this already devasted region going out of business!
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Shit to hear.
I did 13 years in a rod and bar mill before the same thing happened to us. It reopened 6 months later with 60% of the workforce getting 60% of the previous wage and none of us active in the union getting jobs there.
That Community is the union involved doesn't fill me with any hope. When they were the ISTC they were known in the mill as I'm Scared To Complain.
I did 13 years in a rod and bar mill before the same thing happened to us. It reopened 6 months later with 60% of the workforce getting 60% of the previous wage and none of us active in the union getting jobs there.
That Community is the union involved doesn't fill me with any hope. When they were the ISTC they were known in the mill as I'm Scared To Complain.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Poor buggers who work there - I doubt there'll be enough jobs in Teesside to provide alternative work, and certainly not at a decent rate of pay.
Government are twats for allowing this to happen - but sadly it isn't the first time, and won't be the last.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Remember they have no control over these forces...until the macro-economic metrics show some minuscule improvement.Poor buggers who work there - I doubt there'll be enough jobs in Teesside to provide alternative work, and certainly not at a decent rate of pay.
Government are twats for allowing this to happen - but sadly it isn't the first time, and won't be the last.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Some of those steels have quality issues. They may be cheap to buy but if they're not up to standard can cause expensive issues to fix later on.
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Fucking awful news.
I meant to say substandard quality in the post but I got into a rant!
Most of the lads I work with at the moment are all ex British Steel. Rotherham and Sheffield.
They have been through this themselves and cannot believe that people think the Tories will do anything other than drive the last nail home with as much force as their feeble wrists can muster.
Geoffrey Kerr
New Member
Why is the government giving £45m to Roman Abramovich while letting a British steelworks go to the wall?
I must have read this wrong
I must have read this wrong
snadge
metal alchemist
That is disgusting but to be expected, expect another wage drop for skilled tradesmen.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Geoffrey Kerr
New Member
This is excellent from Middlesbrough FC
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
There's a Facebook group called stand up for steel who are organising various protests and they have a petition at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/108944
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Flanflinger
Well-Known Member
Fucking disgrace, and Cameron and Co wont give a shit as that area doesn't vote Tory.
Geoffrey Kerr
New Member
The steel union Community are worse than rubbish they've done absolutely nothing to save the steel industry. There should have been a strike and occupation of the steel plants when they announced the closure of Redcar. Now they pick areas and plants off one at a time
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Anyone got any news from Port Talbot today?
Geoffrey Kerr
New Member
And they keep closing one at a time divide and rule
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