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Unite Announces Industrial Action at Tata Steel's Port Talbot and Llanwern Plants

Workers to impose overtime ban and work-to-rule from June 18 in response to planned job cuts and furnace closures

  • Unite's industrial action targets Tata's plans to close blast furnaces, risking 2,800 jobs.
  • The action includes a work-to-rule and an overtime ban, with potential for future strikes.
  • Tata Steel aims to replace blast furnaces with an electric arc furnace to reduce emissions.
  • Other unions are negotiating improved redundancy packages but have not announced action.
  • Tata Steel has raised concerns about the legality of Unite's ballot process for industrial action.
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