{"id":29322,"date":"2021-06-28T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=29322"},"modified":"2021-06-29T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:09:08","slug":"uk-steel-industry-betrayal-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=29322","title":{"rendered":"UK steel industry &#8216;betrayal&#8217; warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson has two days to enact steel industry safeguards that will prevent a flood of below cost imports wrecking the sector, Unite, the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading steel and manufacturing union, said today (June 28).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unite said not to do so will be a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098betrayal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of the UK steel industry that steelmaking communities will \u00e2\u20ac\u0098never forgive\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The union called on the prime minister to intervene after it was revealed that trade secretary Liz Truss is planning to walk away from trade protections designed to stop cheap imports decimating the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s steelmaking industry, which expire on Wednesday (30 June).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is understood Ms Truss has rejected proposals put forward by the UK Steel trade body that would allow the safeguarding legislation to be kept in place after 30 June, despite business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng supporting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIn two days\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 time, UK steelmakers will have to compete with a glut of cheaply made, often below cost imports, which will seriously damage the industry and undoubtedly impact jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhy when the EU and the US are keeping their own steel industry protections in place is Ms Truss intent on offering our own sector\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s throat to the wolves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bI hope that the government and Ms Truss\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s idea of a new global Britain doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t extend so far as to take a wrecking ball to a foundation industry of strategic national importance, simply to demonstrate the purity of their ideological commitment to free trade,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWorkers, families and voters in UK steel communities \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which produce world class products but where thousands of jobs are at risk \u00e2\u20ac\u201c will never forgive such a betrayal,&#8221; Turner continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite calls on the prime minister to intervene before it is too late and ensure that the legislation is amended so that UK steel industry trade protections are retained after 30 June.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Ryan Fletcher<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson has two days to enact steel industry safeguards that will prevent a flood of below cost imports wrecking the sector, Unite, the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leading steel and manufacturing union, said today (June 28). 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