British Green Steel

Unite the Union's Workers' Plan for Steel

Green Steel made in England and Wales

Grow Jobs

Pledges for Steel

1. Change procurement rules so UK public contracts use 100 per cent British steel. This creates 8,000 jobs.


2. Nationalise British Steel with no loss of jobs. 


3. Phased workers' transition to green steel. 


4. Double capacity to rebuild industry and grow jobs. Investment needed is £1 billion per year over 12 years, which would pay for itself with increased revenue. 


5. With nationalised National Grid, the cost of energy bills would be lowered. 


6. Replace when needed, UK's four blast furnaces producing our steel, and build more for making 100 per cent of our steel. 



Background


UK has four blast furnaces, which produce 80 per cent of our steel and provide thousands of decent jobs, but need replacing between 2026 and 2035.


There are four operational blast furnaces in the UK that transform coking coal into primary iron: two at British Steel's operation in Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, and two at Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in Wales.



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