come on, you should all be happy. the Teeside has been shut down in a carbon trading transaction.
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Teeside Steel Works ....gone :-(
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They've had 13 years. Why are things worse than when they started?
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well, 1700 more people on the dole, along with the other benefits they can claim, a few will loose their homes now they can't meet the mortgage payments, some will move away as the only hope, for a few it may work out for others?, some will retire before their time, at least Corus still has a final salary scheme and you can bring payments forward, and a few will probably commit suicide as the only way out.
It is a $hit situation but nothing will be done about it.
Imagine a map of the UK, as far as the politicians and media are concerned, the land beyond the M25 is marked with the words "there be dragons."
The worst part is that once the jobs are gone they never return, so when the upturn comes the jobs will have moved on.
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The difference between us and our foreign neighbours ( mainly France and Germany) is that they would not allow their main Industries to become foreign owned, and then ultimately shutdown! Surely it is irresponsible to allow this. If they have to be state funded then so be it. I'd rather my taxes were spent on this than Government non jobs. 65 to 70% of all jobs created during this recession are Government sponsored non jobs due to end in 6 months time ( oh just after the election!)
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I believe in Germany the law means that if a company makes employees redundant, then they have to carry on paying them a full wage until they get more work. If that kind of system was in place here, it would mean the likes of Corus aren't quite so keen to pull the plug so quickly.
Ignoring the socio-economic class bollards being discussed here, its a sad day, you only have to look whats happened in South Wales over recent years to see how it could affect the area.Posted 2 years ago # -
Trail centre built in the North East?
Hamsterley? Guisborough Woods? Eston Hills?
Redcar Slag Heaps?Posted 2 years ago # -
Inbred is right, only the Brits could come up with the idea of asking others to run their country. I feel for you guys, it really sucks.
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