Community Union react to revised cuts to production at Corus


Corus to cut production 30%

Following the announcement today by Corus that it has revised its reduction of crude steel production from 20% to 30%, Michael Leahy, General Secretary of Community said:

 

“We understand that there will be no permanent capacity cuts, however, we will be having discussions with Corus nationally and locally as to how we might mitigate any damage that may be caused by the shortfall in the order book.

 

This revision underlines how the economic crisis is hurting manufacturing in Britain. Community will continue to work nationally for support from Government.

 

We are hopeful that Corus will look to retain capacity to meet long term demand rather than make a kneejerk reaction to short term trends"

 

This revised reduction target comes after Corus announced it was seeking to cut 400 jobs in Corus Distribution.