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‘Am I going to be homeless in June?’: Port Talbot workers fear return to 1980s

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https://apple.news/AXNZQqKyIRCGUzeGd1MAMLQ
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/24/port-talbot-workers-fear-return-to-1980s-steelworks-tata-wales

Employees believe closure of steelworks’ coke oven will accelerate end of blast furnaces, with loss of up to 2,800 jobs

Tata says it has been forced to take drastic action because of the scale of its losses at Port Talbot, where the Indian-owned company says it is losing £1m a day.

Reply 1

StriderHort

Yeah... this is why you don't sell such important things to foreign companies with 0 interest or accoutability to the workforce and country.

Reply 2

Saracen's Fez

Volunteer Section Leader

It's a difficult one, because there will need to be changes to the steel industry to make it greener, but equally if the alternative is more imported steel from China then it's a big geopolitical issue.