Tata Steel is to push ahead with plans to close both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot with the expected loss of 3,000 jobs UK-wide, the BBC understands.
Most are expected to go by September, with the majority in Port Talbot where the steelworks will be transitioned to a greener electric arc furnace.
Unions called it a “crushing blow” and the “worst-case scenario”.
Unions called it a “crushing blow” and the “worst-case scenario”.
Tata Steel currently employs 8,000 people, with about 4,000 based at the UK’s largest steelworks in Port Talbot, which has two coal powered blast furnaces.
The BBC has been told the first job losses are likely to begin in April, with more to follow in September.
Tata Steel’s decision – set to be formally announced at 11:30 GMT on Friday – follows a meeting between company executives and the Community, GMB and Unite unions.
Sources said Tata rejected the union’s proposal to avoid redundancies by keeping one blast furnace going during the transition.
Tata Steel is to push ahead with plans to close both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot with the expected loss of 3,000 jobs UK-wide, the BBC understands.
Unions called it a “crushing blow” and the “worst-case scenario”.
Most are expected to go by September, with the majority in Port Talbot where the steelworks will be transitioned to a greener electric arc furnace.
Tata Steel currently employs 8,000 people, with about 4,000 based at the UK’s largest steelworks in Port Talbot, which has two coal powered blast furnaces.
Unions called it a “crushing blow” and the “worst-case scenario”.
Unions called it a “crushing blow” and the “worst-case scenario”.
Tata Steel currently employs 8,000 people, with about 4,000 based at the UK’s largest steelworks in Port Talbot, which has two coal powered blast furnaces.
The BBC has been told the first job losses are likely to begin in April, with more to follow in September.
Tata Steel’s decision – set to be formally announced at 11:30 GMT on Friday – follows a meeting between company executives and the Community, GMB and Unite unions.
Sources said Tata rejected the union’s proposal to avoid redundancies by keeping one blast furnace going during the transition.
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