Steel unions call ballots for action
A spirited demo of 700 steel workers and their local supporters took place in Port Talbot on Saturday 17 February. Tata, the owner of the steel works in Port Talbot, has announced that it plans to shut down permanently the blast furnaces that make steel from iron ore and coal. Tata will sack 2,800 steel workers. Tata says the furnaces are loss-making and cite the need to move to a system of making steel that produces less CO 2 to lever cash from the Government. The Tory Government have stumped up £500 million to help Tata build a new electric arc furnace that will be able to smelt and recycle...