Unite steelworkers set to march on Brussels over Chinese steel dumping

British steelworkers will take part in a mass march tomorrow to demand government action on the dumping of Chinese steel.

The manufacturing staff will protest in Brussels with European counterparts and call for action across the continent over the flood of cheap exports – below cost-price – from the Communist economy.

Steelworkers from Unite, Britain’s largest manufacturing union, have called on Theresa May’s government to support European action to tackle dumping and to support the domestic steel industry by securing tariff-free access to the single market in Brexit negotiations.

It comes against the backdrop of continued uncertainty over the future of Tata Steel workers around Britain.

Unite national officer Harish Patel said: “Unite members from Tata Steel and British Steel in Scunthorpe will be marching shoulder to shoulder with their European counterparts to demand action against the dumping of cheap Chinese steel.

“With the UK steel industry in continued turmoil and the added uncertainty of Brexit in the mix it is vital that the UK government supports action to halt the flood of cheap Chinese steel and secures tariff free access to the single market in Brexit negotiations. A failure to do so will leave a key foundation industry of our economy hanging by a thread.

“Ministers must also make good on their promises of supporting the UK’s steel industry through these tough times by pursuing an active industrial strategy which sees them insist on using British steel for infrastructure and defence projects.

“Thousands of UK jobs and a core industry still hang in the balance with the steel crisis still very much far from over. Steelworkers have had misery heaped upon uncertainty and have been forgotten about by the UK government, but Unite is determined to make ministers remember.”