Fight for steel - archive

This page includes a selection of archived and related content for the Unite fight for steel campaign. Check out the latest updates on the main fight for steel page. 

Watch Unite steelworkers and MPs at Westminster as parliament debates the future for Port Talbot

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UPDATE: In-depth financial research by Unite, the UK’s leading union, has exposed that there is no basis to Tata’s claims that it has to cut jobs and close its blast furnaces for financial reasons. Check out all the details on the Unite analysis -Tata’s pleas of poverty exposed as a ‘sham’

Tata steel job losses: Unite will use “everything in its armoury” to defend steel workers and our steel industry | Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite is ready to use everything in its armoury to defend steel workers and our steel industry. We have detailed research demonstrating how and why Tata should be expanding UK steel production in line with growing demand, not slashing its workforce. We have secured funding from a future Labour government that could do this. Tata’s plan to close the blast furnaces is simply industrial vandalism on a grand scale.” Check out the full release.

Steel: There's a golden opportunity

‘A golden opportunity’: Port Talbot fights to keep its steelmaking tradition alive - read and share the Observer article on the fight to save UK steel. Read Guardian reporter Rob Davies' piece on why Tata's plans are not the solution and why unions and locals are adamant there is another way and a future for steel...

“Over the past 40 years, the once-great UK steel industry has been reduced to a shadow of its former self,” says Unite general secretary Sharon Graham. “The transition to green, low-carbon steel is a golden opportunity to reverse those decades of managed decline.” Read the full Port Talbot fights to keep furnaces burning article and share the message on social.

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Crunch time for steel | Jason and his colleagues’ jobs are under threat

Jason and his colleagues’ jobs are under threat at Tata Steel in Port Talbot. They need your help NOW! Jason & his fellow Unite the union reps, with expert help, have produced a Workers’ Plan for Steel that would protect jobs and boost production. Show the steel industry and the government that UK steel can have a bright future. Please watch and share now - December 2023

Supporting UK steel | Check out this flickr gallery 

Photo gallery: Campaign billboards in situ

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