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A cold-blooded massacre of 1,775 shipyard jobs heralded a dangerous new plunge in Britain's relentless decline as a manufacuring nation yesterday.
GMB union national officer David Hulse said it was "a devastating day for the UK shipbuilding industry."
He added: "We have already seen a lost generation where no apprentices have been trained."
While politicians fixate on defence budgets, the real answers lie in peace-building and economic justice, says ALAN SIMPSON
MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership