{"id":6327,"date":"2015-10-16T16:23:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2015-10-16T16:23:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T15:23:01","slug":"time-ticking-on-uk-steel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=6327","title":{"rendered":"Time ticking on UK steel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Time is ticking on the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s steel industry and urgent action from the government is needed, not platitudes, warned Unite following today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (October 16) steel summit in Rotherham.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nCommenting on the summit and rumoured job losses at Tata Steel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s long products division, Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis news heaps further uncertainty on the steel industry and all those whose livelihoods depend on it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe will be consulting urgently with Tata over potential job losses and will leave no stone unturned in protecting our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 jobs and steel making in the UK.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTime is ticking on the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s steel industry and the news of yet more job losses should jolt the government out of its lassiez faire approach to this vital part of the UK economy,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bNow is not the time for platitudes from government ministers, we need urgent action to support steelmaking in the UK.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIf the government is serious about rebalancing the economy then it needs to take action against the dumping of cheap Chinese imports and support an industry which is being hammered by high energy costs,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Burke went on to say.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMinisters also need to develop an industrial strategy and ensure major infrastructure projects, such as HS2, use British steel so that steelmaking and manufacturing communities here in the UK reap the benefits of such investment.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time is ticking on the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s steel industry and urgent action from the government is needed, not platitudes, warned Unite following today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (October 16) steel summit in Rotherham. &nbsp; Commenting on the summit and rumoured job losses at Tata Steel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s long products division, Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis news heaps further uncertainty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[269,108],"wps_subtitle":" Unite warns government amid rumours of Tata job losses","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6328,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327\/revisions\/6328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}