£200m deal will create jobs in testament to Labour's 'industrial activism'
Commenting
on the announcement of the £200m order landed by Corus in Hartlepool to
make steel pipes for the Laggan-Tormore offshore development Michael J. Leahy, General Secretary of Community - the Union for Steel workers, said:
"The
announcement of a £200 million order for Corus in Hartlepool to supply
gas pipes is excellent news, all new orders in the current economic
climate are to be welcomed. It is great to see the 'Industrial
Activism' of government bearing fruit and turning into orders for
British manufacturing and jobs for local communities. We are not over
the worst yet but if we continue to focus on job creation and orders
for British companies we cannot go far wrong.
"Thankfully we have the Industrial Activism of a Labour Government not the cuts and isolationism of David Cameron's Tories."
The order was signed by Corus and Tata at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills earlier today.
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