Unite calls for urgent action to save Corus' Teesside
plant
4 December 2009
Following today's (4th December) announcement that Corus will
close its Teesside factory, which employs 2600 workers, Unite,
Britain's biggest union has vowed to fight the closure and is
calling on the Government to deliver an urgent rescue package for
the plant.
Unite's joint general secretary, Derek Simpson said: "This is
absolutely devastating news for the men and women who work at
Teeside. This is a dark day for British manufacturing. Unite will
do everything possible to prevent this closure from going
ahead. The government must now act to save Teesside as
decisively as it acted to save the banks last year. The plant
needs urgent financial support to secure a future for the workers
and prevent its closure."
The Corus steel plant is set to be mothballed in the New Year,
with the loss of 1,700 jobs. 2600 workers are employed at Teeside
total.
ENDS
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