Thread: Here we go again - Port Talbot to axe 1,000 steel jobs
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Old 31-03-2016, 11:27   #73
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Re: Here we go again - Port Talbot to axe 1,000 steel jobs
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Originally Posted by Stop It View Post
I was talking globally, but yes, we've been dropping production for a while anyway because of our lack of ability to compete, even in the good times.

I'm not for making this into a political football however, that does a dis-service to those jobs relying on a credible, long term solution for the industry.
Shouldn't any long term strategy have started before 2010? UK production fell whilst worldwide demand went up, so what solution could there be?
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