Save Our Steel

Community is running a major national campaign seeking support for the UK steel industry. ‘Save our Steel’ is a campaign that brings together union members, community groups & local businesses from across the country.

Our campaign

This campaign is not just about steelworkers. Without a vibrant steel industry we will not have vibrant manufacturing and construction industries. Steel is a vital foundation industry on which the UK economy is built.

Communities across the UK have steel at their heart. The steel industry has provided peace of mind to generations of steelworkers and their families. But now the industry is under threat.

Community, the steelworkers’ union, is campaigning to Save our Steel.

Click here to view and download a copy of the July 2019 steel brief.

Click here for a downloadable poster that you can display to support our campaign.

Below you can find the latest news about our campaign:

 

 

Related News

Britain We Need Our Steel
Community - July 9th, 2020 | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Today, Britain’s three steel unions, Community, GMB and Unite will launch a joint campaign for the future of the steel industry in the UK. Through [...]
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Why Britain needs our steel
Roy Rickhuss - July 9th, 2020 | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Britain is made from steel. Whether we are travelling by car, train or plane, it is the steels we produce that make it possible. The [...]
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Orb works closure is failure of industrial strategy
Community - July 3rd, 2020 | Reading Time: 2 minutes
The Orb Works in Newport closed for the last time today (3 July). The final shift left the works at 1pm. Local politicians gathered alongside [...]
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Celsa Steel agrees emergency loan from government
Community - July 2nd, 2020 | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Commenting on the news that Celsa Steel has agreed an emergency loan from the government, Roy Rickhuss, General Secretary of the steelworkers’ trade union Community, [...]
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Infrastructure spending must support UK industry
Community - June 30th, 2020 | Reading Time: < 1 minute
Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement of £5 billion in infrastructure spending, Roy Rickhuss, General Secretary of the steelworkers’ trade union, Community said: “We of [...]
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Liberty Steel production to increase – plans announced
Community - June 22nd, 2020 | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Liberty Steel has outlined plans to increase production at its Rotherham steel operations, with a target of 1 million tonnes per annum. This includes increasing [...]
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Response to furlough and self-employed scheme extensions
Community - May 29th, 2020 | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Today the Chancellor has announced details of changes to both the Job Retention Scheme (the furlough scheme) and the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme. Responding to [...]
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Safe working guidance agreed for steel industry
Community - May 12th, 2020 | Reading Time: 2 minutes
The steel trade unions and UK Steel have published updated safe working guidance following the Prime Minister’s return to work message to manufacturers. The extensive [...]
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Furlough scheme must evolve to support short-time working
Roy Rickhuss - May 6th, 2020 | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Roy Rickhuss argues that the Job Retention Scheme needs to evolve into support for short-time working to support business through the recovery. This piece was [...]
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Community meets Labour’s Shadow treasury team to discuss support for the steel industry
Community - April 29th, 2020 | Reading Time: < 1 minute
This week, General Secretary Roy Rickhuss and Operations Director Alasdair McDiarmid met with Wes Streeting from Labour’s Shadow treasury team to discuss issues in the [...]
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