Owner of Port Talbot steelworks offers fresh talks as last furnace faces closure

www.theguardian.com 30-06-2024 05:34 1 Minutes reading Negative -0.41
<p>Sources say Tata offer is predicated on unions at south Wales site agreeing to suspend future industrial action</p><p>The owner of the Port Talbot steelworks has written to trade unions offering fresh talks amid a battle to delay plans to cut 2,800 jobs and suspend production at a site that has been in operation since 1951.</p><p>The Guardian understands that a letter sent on Sunday afternoon by Rajesh Nair, the UK boss of Tata Steel, has offered a new round of discussions about future investments at the company’s plants in the UK, including Port Talbot.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/30/owner-of-port-talbot-steelworks-offers-talks-to-keep-last-blast-furnace-open">Continue reading...</a>

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