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16 February 2022
Join the scaffs mass picket at Scunthorpe steelworks
On 22 February, all roads will lead to Scunthorpe's steelworks, but none will get in! A mass demonstration and picket of the site has been called by Unite, the union representing the 60 scaffolders employed
9 February 2022
Scunthorpe scaffs mark 100 days of strike action with protests
100 days! By the time you read this, that's how long the scaffolders will have been on strike against their contractor Actavo working at British Steel Scunthorpe. In a dispute going back three years,
2 February 2022
Scunny scaffs strike restarts with a bang, barricades and a win!
Scunthorpe scaffolders' first week of renewed strike action in 2022 (after successfully reballoting following 12 weeks of strike action before Christmas) kicked off with a real bang - with flares, barricades and a win!
19 January 2022
Scunthorpe scaffs resume indefinite strike action
The 61 scaffolders employed by contractor Actavo, working on the British Steel works at Scunthorpe, will resume indefinite strike action on 26 January
15 December 2021
Welcome support for striking Scunthorpe scaffolders
Scunthorpe scaffolders, now in their 11th week of strike action, were given a huge boost on 1 December by the visit of Unite the Union general secretary Sharon Graham to the picket line at British Steel
1 December 2021
Welcome support for striking Scunthorpe scaffolders
Scunthorpe scaffolders, now in their ninth week of strike action, were given a huge boost by the visit of Unite general secretary Sharon Graham to the picket line at British Steel
17 November 2021
Striking Scunthorpe steel scaffs up the ante
Visiting the Scunthorpe scaffolders' picket line, who are fighting for agreed trade union rates of pay, on 15 November it was immediately obvious that the strikers have upped the ante against their contractor Actavo at British Steel
10 November 2021
Support for all-out scaffs strike spreads
News of the all-out strike by 60 scaffolders employed by contractor Actavo at British Steel in Scunthorpe is spreading, with Danish scaffs sending solidarity
3 November 2021
Scunthorpe scaffs strike into fifth week
Now into their fifth week of all-out strike, the Actavo scaffolders at British Steel Scunthorpe remain solid and determined in their fight for the national industry (NAECI) rate for the job.
20 October 2021
Scunthorpe scaffs strike for pay
"The picket line is here and we're not leaving": Around 60 scaffolders, members of Unite the Union, who work on the maintenance contract at British Steel in Scunthorpe, are on all-out strike to win the industry rate for the job
6 October 2021
Scunthorpe steel scaffolders strike for pay rise
"I've worked here eleven years and only ever had one pay rise", one scaffolder told me on the picket line. Another added: "That was three years ago but was self-funded!"
23 February 2021
Scunthorpe steelworks scaffolders: Fifth week of action
Back to Scunthorpe steelworks this morning to support the scaffolders in their fifth week of taking strike action to win the industry Blue Book rate for the job.
Scaffolders on strike in Scunthorpe, photo: Alistair Tice, photo A. Tice
17 February 2021
Around 50 scaffolders, members of Unite employed by Brand Energy at Scunthorpe steelworks, are now in their fourth week of strike action
26 January 2021
Steel site scaffolders strike for the 'rate of the job'
Scaffolders at the British Steel site in Scunthorpe are in a dispute over pay.
24 May 2019
Save steel jobs: Demand socialist nationalisation
British Steel, the UK's second biggest steel firm, has been taken into compulsory liquidation
22 May 2019
British Steel threatened closure
The private steel producer could go under, threatening 5,000 jobs at its Scunthorpe and Teesside plants and a further 20,000 jobs in the supply chain
25 July 2016
Sanctioned - a victim of government callousness
A job seeker sent the following account to the Socialist of his recent experience of having his benefits withdrawn.
20 April 2016
"After Labour bailed out the bankers, are the Tories to be remembered as the party that let our steel industry die?" said the rabid right-wing, pro-Tory Daily Mail
20 April 2016
Clock ticking on UK steel: it's time to act!
If Tata can't find a buyer it will sack 15,000 workers. Three times as many support workers will also lose their jobs. Reports have surfaced that the company will set 28 May as the deadline date, meaning workers have just over a month to save their jobs and communities.
6 January 2016
Steel: public ownership needed as private buyers threaten pay and pensions
The SNP government continues to orientate its taskforce towards finding a private buyer rather than using the option of nationalisation.
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