15,000 jobs at risk as steel-making company plans to sell entire UK business
About 15,000 jobs are at risk as Indian multinational steel-making company Tata Steel seeks to pull out of the U.K.
- A man walks his dog on Aberavon beach in the shadow of the Tata Steel plant at Port Talbot on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- A picture shows the Tata Steel steel plant at Port Talbot, south Wales on March 30, 2016. Indian giant Tata Steel on March 30, 2016 put its British business up for sale, sparking calls for the government to intervene and safeguard thousands of jobs in the crisis-hit industry. (AFP Photo/Paul Ellis)
- Steel bars lay in a yard outside the Speciality Steels plant, operated by Tata Steel, in Stocksbridge, northern England on March 30, 2016. Indian giant Tata Steel on March 30, 2016 put its British business up for sale, sparking calls for the government to intervene and safeguard thousands of jobs in the crisis-hit industry. (AFP Photo/Oli Scarff)
- British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives to meet Tata Steel workers at the Tata sports and social club close to the company’s works at Port Talbot, south Wales, on March 30, 2016. Indian giant Tata Steel on March 30, 2016 put its British business up for sale, sparking calls for the government to intervene and safeguard thousands of jobs in the crisis-hit industry. Corbyn called on the government to protect the UK steel industry after earlier writing to the prime minister to call on him to recall parliament from the Easter break. (AFP Photo/Paul Ellis)
- A Tata Steel worker waits for British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn at the Tata sports and social club close to the company’s works at Port Talbot, south Wales, on March 30, 2016. Indian giant Tata Steel on March 30, 2016 put its British business up for sale, sparking calls for the government to intervene and safeguard thousands of jobs in the crisis-hit industry. Corbyn called on the government to protect the UK steel industry after earlier writing to the prime minister to call on him to recall parliament from the Easter break. (AFP Photo/Paul Ellis)
- Steel bars lay in a yard outside the Speciality Steels plant, operated by Tata Steel, in Stocksbridge, northern England on March 30, 2016. Indian giant Tata Steel on March 30, 2016 put its British business up for sale, sparking calls for the government to intervene and safeguard thousands of jobs in the crisis-hit industry. (AFP Photo/Oli Scarff)
- The sun beyond the Tata Steel steel plant at Port Talbot, south Wales on March 30, 2016. Indian giant Tata Steel on March 30, 2016 put its British business up for sale, sparking calls for the government to intervene and safeguard thousands of jobs in the crisis-hit industry. (AFP Photo/Paul Ellis)
- ‘Save Our Steel’ flags fly from a car outside the Tata Steel plant on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks to the media at the Tata Sports Club on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- A woman looks out of the door of her terraced home near the Tata Steel steel plant at Port Talbot on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- A general view of the Tata Steel plant from the hills overlooking Port Talbot on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- Workers from the Tata Steel plant wait for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to arrive and address them at the Tata Sports Club on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- Steam emits from the Tata Steel steel plant at Port Talbot on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn poses for the media outside the Tata Steel plant on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- Workers from the Tata Steel plant listen to labour leader Jereym Corbyn speak to workers and union members at the Tata Sports Club on March 30, 2016 in Port Talbot, Wales. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)