Workers at the Dalzell steelworks in Motherwell struggled to absorb the news of its closure,although some held out hope it could yet be savedWalking out of Motherwell’s Dalzell steelworks into the sharp autumn sunshine, one man summed up the mood of the workforce concisely: “Scunnered.”Others coming off the morning shift were similarly winded at confirmation from the steel firm Tata that it is to shut its two plants in Scotland, or losing 225 jobs at the Dalzell plate rolling works and another 45 at the Clydebridge plant in Cambuslang near Glasgow,and effectively ending Scottish steel production. Related: Tata Steel confirms 1200 job losses as industry crisis deepens Related: British steel has been left weak by cheap Chinese competition Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com