Steelworkers vote for historic strike over planned Tata job cuts
Steelworkers have voted to strike in protest at planned job losses at Tata.
Unite said around 1,500 of its members based in Port Talbot and Llanwern in South Wales backed industrial action “decisively”.
The union is fighting Tata’s plans to shut down blast furnaces and replace them with more environmentally friendly electric arc furnaces.
This yes vote has happened despite Tata’s threats that if workers took strike action, enhanced redundancy packages would be withdrawn
Sharon Graham, Unite union
Unite said it will be the first time in more than 40 years that Port Talbot steelworkers go on strike.
Unite said Tata has other choices after the union secured a commitment from that it will invest £3 billion in UK steel, compared with
