Corus cuts 2,000 more steel jobs; INDUSTRY.Byline: CLINTON MANNING STEEL giant Corus axed a further 2,000 jobs yesterday despite profits of pounds 2.2billion. More than 1,500 production staff will go at steelworks in Rotherham, Teeside and Stocksbridge near Sheffield. Another 500 office jobs will go, mainly in Scunthorpe. The company said it hoped cuts would be voluntary but admitted "compulsory Wikipedia does not currently have an encyclopedia article for . You may like to search Wiktionary for "" instead. To begin an article here, feel free to [ edit this page], but please do not create a mere dictionary definition. redundancies cannot be ruled out". Bosses blamed falling orders and said Corus, owned by Indian firm Tata, had to be made "fit for the future". But Michael Leahy, general secretary of the union Community, said: "This is bad news on top of bad news and brings the Corus job cuts for the year to around 4,500. "Corus needs to decide if it's trying to be fit for the future or fit for the scrapheap." Downing Street Downing Street, Westminster, London, England. On the street are the British Foreign Office and, at No. 10, the residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually (although not necessarily) the prime minister of Great Britain. said Business Secretary Lord Mandelson had written to the company offering pounds 5million in training support for workers who lose jobs. CAPTION(S): OVERLOAD See information overload and overloading. Corus steel plant |
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