366 more Corus jobs to be axed in Scunthorpe - unions
UNION chiefs have confirmed Corus will axe a total of 366 further in Scunthorpe.
Mick Fell, chairman of the Scunthope Corus Works Multi-Union Committee, said the jobs losses would come from the manual grades – or FEP (Future Employment Programme) as they are known in the industry.
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Mick Fell
Mr Fell said: "We will take every action to minimise the impact on our members and mitigate the losses if possible."
And Mr Fell revealed Scunthorpe will host an emergency meeting of the national steel committee - made up of Community, GMB and Unite trade unions - at the town's Redbourn Social Club at 1.30pm on Monday.
"We shall be seeking support and then report back to our members," he added.
The works chairman repeated his plea for the British Government to take immediate action to save steel-making in Scunthorpe and the rest of the country.
"Today's job losses following the collapse of the National Framework Agreement were as bad as we had feared. Our concerns were well founded," he said.
"The UK steel industry is now at crisis point and could tip over the edge if the government does not step in.
"An offer of £5-million to help retrain our redundant members is not enough."
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by lilly-ann, scunthorpe
Friday, July 10 2009, 5:09AM
“As a wife of a steel worker im deeply worried about the job cuts as if my partner lost his job there would be no redunecy package as he only has work for corus just under a year, but contracted hansons 10 years before that but that wont be taken into acount. I feel sorry for every one who has a young family like ours with bills to pay this will just not affect the steelindustry it is the whole town .Then where will we be for our next generation coming through”
by Jim, Hibaldstow
Thursday, July 09 2009, 8:25PM
“Most of the people on this board are unbelievably naive as far as business is concerned! When costs are out of kilter with turnover what do you expect a business to do???? Continue haemorrhaging money??? How would you run your business??? Profitably or unprofitably???
Comment from the unions:
"We keep hoping the job losses are ending and then another announcement comes along. We are disappointed an agreement could not be reached that would prevent job losses. Totally blinkered as was Scargill!
How inept are the unions - clueless if you ask me! Unions are an out-moded format which should have been buried along with UK coal!
Would any right-minded business person have these people running their companies??? No chance!”
by GARY DAY, MESSINGHAM
Thursday, July 09 2009, 7:07PM
“May I recommend to those who have posted their strong views on the matter, that they also e-mail their MP with them as well. I am sure that they would value them. To save anyone looking up the Scunthorpe MPs offical address should it be needed it is:
MORLEYE@parliament.uk
At the end of the day you can post all you like on here to let your views be known to a limited audience and petitioning is also OK, but you also on occassion need to lobby further afield where major issues are concerned and it takes more than one voice to do that - if nothing else it won't hurt to do so. I communicate regularly with my MP and though we have fundermental differences of opinion in areas on local issues, he respects my right to challenge, question, comment and lobby.”
by gypsyrose, scunthorpe
Thursday, July 09 2009, 5:58PM
“i dont know why corus guys are in such a panic how many will actually be them it will mainly be contractors yet again. contractors pay into the unions just like corus but who gets looked after not the contractors !!!!!!”
by tom, scun
Thursday, July 09 2009, 5:56PM
“there has been around 30 comments on this since 1pm and the ET keep removing them , why ?
this is the people paper / website , leave them there for Lyons to read as we know he does ,
stop sweeping the lies under the tata /corus table, of deceit , you will become as bad as they are ,
let the truth be told !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”