Special report by PEOPLE’S WORLD
YOU would have to have a heart of stone not to feel for British steelworkers right now.
Twenty-five thousand jobs at risk, families devastated and until this week without even a short-term guarantee of wages or work.
Unite has been working tirelessly, day and night to bring some stability to a difficult and rapidly changing situation, and while we’re relieved to have obtained vital assurances from government that mean mortgages can be paid and families fed for the foreseeable future, we are under no illusions that there is much work still to be done to save the sites that are the backbone of our communities.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains


