{"id":18026,"date":"2019-05-10T14:55:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T13:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=18026"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:56:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:56:30","slug":"tata-steel-thyssenkrupp-venture-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=18026","title":{"rendered":"End &#8216;rollercoaster of uncertainty&#8217; call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite called on the Tata board to give Tata Steel workers assurances and end the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098rollercoaster\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of uncertainty following news today (May 10) that a joint venture with ThyssenKrupp is effectively off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will be pressing the board of Tata over its plans for Tata Steel in the wake of news that the proposed joint venture with ThyssenKrupp is effectively off,&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0said Unite national officer for steel Tony Brady.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTata Steel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workforce has been on a rollercoaster of uncertainty for several years. When we meet the Tata board we will be telling it that it is a ride that has to end and demanding assurances over jobs and investment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTata Steel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workforce has made great sacrifices to secure a future for the steelmaker. It would be a betrayal if their livelihoods were now put at risk because of this doomed joint venture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTata Steel needs to give workers the assurances that their futures are secure. The government must stand ready to step in with assistance for Tata Steel and play its part too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSky high energy costs are leaving steelmakers competing with their European competitors with one hand tied behind their backs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe government can and should go further in supporting the wider steel industry with help on business rates and high energy costs, while putting UK steel at the heart of major infrastructure and ensuring projects like the Royal Navy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new Fleet Solid Ships are built in the UK using UK steel.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite called on the Tata board to give Tata Steel workers assurances and end the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098rollercoaster\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of uncertainty following news today (May 10) that a joint venture with ThyssenKrupp is effectively off. &nbsp; \u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will be pressing the board of Tata over its plans for Tata Steel in the wake of news that the proposed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"wps_subtitle":"Unite calls for assurances from Tata Steel after ThyssenKrupp joint venture called off","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25293,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18026\/revisions\/25293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}