We Need Help to Stop More Job Losses ; Steel Crisis: Call for Government Assistance After Corus Announces Further Staff Cuts in Bid to Beat Worldwide Recession

Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph › July 11, 2009

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A RENEWED appeal has been made to the Government to step in to prevent further steel jobs going in Scunthorpe.

Mick Fell, chairman of the Scunthorpe Works Multi Union Committee, said more had to be done to safeguard jobs.

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We Need Help to Stop More Job Losses ; Steel Crisis: Call for Government Assistance After Corus Announces Further Staff Cuts in Bid to Beat Worldwide Recession

"The UK steel industry is now at crisis point and could tip over the edge if the Government does not step in," he said.

Mr Fell said the Government's offer of Pounds 5-milllion to help workers who were redundant from the steelworks was not enough.

And union leaders i...

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