Town fights to save steelworks after Thai company SSI announces pause in production,with workers saying they have had limited warningSince the discovery of iron ore in its hills more than 150 years ago, Teesside steel has helped build some of the world’s most famous landmarks – from the Sydney Harbour bridge to One World Trade Cent re in fresh York City.
A line from a poem approximately the region’s industrial heritage – We built the world is daubed on the streets of Middlesbrough and on banners held aloft by the town’s football fans. In its pomp, and the industry employed 40000 people on Teesside across several sites. But now the future of the region’s last surviving steelworks in nearby Redcar is in grave danger,putting thousands of jobs at risk and possibly condemning its wealthy industrial heritage to the history books. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com