 Corus Group Plc is one of the world's largest metal producers |
Workers and trade unions fighting to save their under-threat jobs at steel giant Corus are pinning their hopes on help from a new taskforce. More than 250 jobs at the plant in Workington, Cumbria, face the axe when rail track production is switched to Scunthorpe next year.
On Tuesday a new taskforce 'Project Corus' will meet in London to discuss another use for the Workington site.
The taskforce will include representatives from Corus Rail.
Bosses at Corus claim rail industry demands for longer sections of track can be better met at Scunthorpe, which will undergo a �130m upgrade.
New mill
The taskforce will also made up of representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry and will be chaired by Workington MP Tony Cunningham.
The Cumbria rail facility will close at the end of next year after an 18-month handover process to Scunthorpe.
The process engineering business at Workington, which employs 300 workers, will not be affected by the changes, Corus has confirmed.
A new mill is to be installed in Scunthorpe which would enable the plant to produce 120-metre sections of track opposed to the 40-metre rails manufactured at Workington.
The main unions Community and Amicus are fighting to keep plant open.
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