Just a shout-out to to everyone affected with the job losses. Going to be a hard time for us all. Remember there's always someone to chat too, even post here and we will get through it. Let's keep positive |
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My old man retired from there 7 years ago with 40 years service
Had hell of a slog to get them to pay him off due to his length of service but they did eventually
They're shutting the two blast furnaces I gather??
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"My old man retired from there 7 years ago with 40 years service
Had hell of a slog to get them to pay him off due to his length of service but they did eventually
They're shutting the two blast furnaces I gather??
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Yep,both blast furnaces will be going eventually, ovens, sinter plant.
Capl due to go in 2025 as well so IV heard.
Not good for port Talbot and surrounding areas. |
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This country i shambolic, they just wast it to be a green rainforest, for tourist, they done away with coal mines in the valleys, now they shutting the steel works, agri will be next, we will have no indurstry left, everything imported. |
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By *ost SockMan 43 weeks ago
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Sad news - San Portablo is a good place, with good people.
To me, it’s the latest event in the proud, but sad history of Cymru. We’re a small part of the world, but incredibly rich in resources and people. Those resources and people have lit the flame on an industrial revolution and provided untold wealth for relatively few in society.
All that exploitation of natural and human resources, and we’ve ended up with the communities at the heart of it all of the very poorest in Europe.
I’m not an arch-socialist, but it shows what happens when capitalism runs amok. It saddens me that more people don’t question how this came to be when they look around these areas and at events.
Personally, I do think we need to de-carbonise and create a greener future. What we really need though, is a radical new vision for Cymru in terms of the political, economic, social, justice and environmental. Sounds a bit woolly, but I’m no hippy, and look what centuries of the current ways of doing things has got this incredibly resource-rich country. |
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By (user no longer on site) 43 weeks ago
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"But the government is on target to meet its carbon neutral target by shutting all polluting industries. "
And putting tens of thousands out of work at the same time. An utter shambles |
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So tough for those affected.
There will be a large number of alternative jobs created in the construction sector for the decommissioning and there is already a huge shortage of workforce in wales in the construction industry.
All I can try and say is take the absolute advantage of any retraining offered. It will be a backward step but hopefully not for too long as there are very well paid jobs in the industry, and as I say there will be a shortage of those who know for the decommissioning.
Good luck to those affected and hope you come out the other side of it in a better place. |
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By (user no longer on site) 43 weeks ago
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Just a continuation of the ruin of production jobs in Wales, started by the horrendous iron lady.
Has anyone else been watching Vanished Wales.
The turning off of the Blast furnaces will sadly be just the start for Port Talbot. |
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By (user no longer on site) 42 weeks ago
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There are new green technologies coming to south wales but employment levels will not be the same so there needs to be supply chain developed in south wales to go with the green technology - all needs to be manufacturered which needs Welsh government to create the right policy and financial environment for these industries to develop and workforce which is its greatest resource needs to be retrained. Incredible engineering skills that can be redeployed. |
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By (user no longer on site) 41 weeks ago
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"Just a continuation of the ruin of production jobs in Wales, started by the horrendous iron lady.
Has anyone else been watching Vanished Wales.
The turning off of the Blast furnaces will sadly be just the start for Port Talbot. "
Thatcher was forty years ago. We have been tun by Labour since the Senedd was formed. That's where the blame lies |
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"Just a continuation of the ruin of production jobs in Wales, started by the horrendous iron lady.
Has anyone else been watching Vanished Wales.
The turning off of the Blast furnaces will sadly be just the start for Port Talbot.
Thatcher was forty years ago. We have been tun by Labour since the Senedd was formed. That's where the blame lies "
Some of the blame. But what economic levers to the Welsh Government have to improve our economy? |
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Anyone going through this has my sympathy, it's not easy I've been made redundant twice. But...
That steelworks is a blessing and a curse to the town. It's been on the decline for decades and is far from it's glory days when my grandfather and uncle worked there.
The only thing that kept it going was the harbour. But why ship in the raw materials when it'll be cheaper to ship steel in? A private company wouldn't keep paying for that business model. So it would've taken government backing and neither main party wanted to make that commitment. The Conservatives wouldn't in a Labour stronghold and Labour wouldn't because they know a donkey on the seafront with a Labour badge on it would be elected.
Personaly I think a chance was missed over 20 years ago when the blast furnace exploded. It could've been closed completely and we would've had help from the EU to regenerate the area.
I hope something does come of possible free port or the talk of a wind turbine facility at the port. But I'm not holding my breath since there's been many things promised in the area that never happened. One of the last ones was the Swansea bay tidal barrage. |
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Just to clarify for this putting all the blame on Welsh Government, and believe me I am no fan, in large measure the cause is Westminster’s indifference and lack of funding. This is so short sighted as the U.K. will no longer have any primary steel making capacity and these new electric furnaces can only reprocess scrap steel, so we will have to buy in from abroad. Good old Tories, 14 years of austerity and the coffers are still empty whilst they have dismantled the NHS and public services by stealth! |
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"But the government is on target to meet its carbon neutral target by shutting all polluting industries. "
Posts like this naked me laugh.
The UK runs 2 coal fired power stations.
For comparison, USA runs over 250, and China over 1200, opening 2 new ones at a minimum every month.
Anything the UK does to lower its carbon footprint is not even a drop in the bucket.
If we went carbon neutral overnight, it would reduce the world's carbon output by less than 1%.
The government are wiping out huge chunks of UK industry, or imposing costs on the industry and the population for a pointless exercise. |
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