Union Threatens Escalated Action Over Tata Steel Plant Job Losses

In a deadlock between Unite and Tata, the union threatened more industrial action while the company warned doing so may lead to less pay and earlier job losses.

A steel worker wearing a badge on his jacket outside the UK's largest steel works in Port Talbot, South Wales, on April, 1, 2016. (PA).

A union has threatened to escalate industrial action over planned job losses at steel giant Tata.

Members of Unite are already going to ban overtime and begin a work-to-rule later this month in protest at the closure of blast furnaces at Port Talbot in South Wales.