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| Corus plans another 366 job cuts | |
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| Steelmaker Corus has confirmed plans to cut a further 366 jobs at its plant in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. | Steelmaker Corus has confirmed plans to cut a further 366 jobs at its plant in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. |
| The proposed job losses come a week after the company announced that 2,000 jobs were to go at its UK plants, including 500 in Scunthorpe. | The proposed job losses come a week after the company announced that 2,000 jobs were to go at its UK plants, including 500 in Scunthorpe. |
| Corus said further cuts were needed as "significant savings" had to be made to secure the plant's future. | Corus said further cuts were needed as "significant savings" had to be made to secure the plant's future. |
| The Community union said the latest jobs losses added "insult to injury" for the steelworkers. | The Community union said the latest jobs losses added "insult to injury" for the steelworkers. |
| Corus announced last month it was cutting almost 2,000 more jobs at UK plants including Teesside, Scunthorpe and Rotherham. | |
| 'Urgent action' | |
| Workers at the Scunthorpe site were told of the further jobs at risk at a briefing by management on Thursday. | |
| Corus site director Sean Lyons said: "The business still needs to make significant savings to secure a viable future for the site so we have had to take this urgent action to align our employment costs to current and forecast demand for our products. | |
| "Wherever possible we will seek to utilise volunteers, but we must ensure that the capability of plants or departments is not jeopardised." |