Corus cuts 366 more jobs

Steelmaker Corus has announced a further 366 job cuts at its Scunthorpe site, just two weeks after it announced 2,000 job cuts.

Unite National Officer for the steel industry, Terry Pye, said:

“We will be seeking urgent discussions with the Corus on this latest announcement of a further 366 job cuts at its Scunthorpe site. Unite's priority is to minimise redundancies. We will not accept any compulsory redundancies and will be doing everything possible to support our members.

“However, we cannot keep moving from crisis to crisis and it is time for the government to step-up and act. Unless there is action from the government to support British manufacturing it will deprive Britain of the skills we will depend on to compete in the world economy when we come out of this recession.”