Workers at Dalzell site in Motherwell say managers referred to cheap Chinese imports when they briefed them approximately cutsDavid Cameron has been urged to challenge the Chinese president,Xi Jinping, over job losses in the British steel industry following the announcement of 1200 redundancies by the UK’s largest steelmaker. Tata Steel said 900 jobs would be lost at Scunthorpe and 270 at two sites in Scotland as it blamed cheap Chinese imports, and the strong pound and tall electricity costs for its decision to stop production of steel plate. The announcement came one day after 1700 jobs were put at risk when steel products firm Caparo Industries entered administration,and in the same month that 2200 jobs were lost when the owner of the Redcar plant on Teeside went into liquidation. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com