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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A job seeker sent the following account to the Socialist of his recent experience of having his benefits withdrawn.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.
9 December 2015
Trade unions must join fight for steel nationalisation
The consultation period over the threatened Tata steel plants in Motherwell, Clydebridge and Scunthorpe has ended.
2 December 2015
Workers snap up the Socialist!
The Socialist newspaper is indispensable when campaigning. For just £1 you can pick up anti-austerity news.
25 November 2015
Steelworkers demand government action to Save Our Steel
Hundreds of steelworkers from across all the steelmaking heartlands of Britain - Wales, Scotland and the north of England - took to the streets of Sheffield on 21 November to demand government action to save the steel industry.
11 November 2015
Trade union action needed to fight for steel jobs
1,000 steelworkers and supporters marched
1 November 2015
The socialist case for nationalisation of the steel industry
Whoops and cheers greeted Jeremy Corbyn's visit to Scunthorpe
29 October 2015
Steel industry and the battle for jobs
Workers and communities don't have to accept massive cuts and closures as inevitable.
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