Steelworkers whose jobs have been saved despite the Scunthorpe coke oven closures going ahead look set to earn more as they move into other areas of the business.
The potential pay boom for the 250-strong team put through the redundancy process has been revealed as site multi-union chair Paul McBean told of the delight at a monumental reprieve. He delivered the news of the successful negotiations with British Steel bosses at two meetings with shift-working staff at the town’s Redbourn Club yesterday.
Mr McBean, who has represented employees through two business sales and the start of liquidation proceedings in recent years, stepped up again following February’s proposal. It was made in the face of global economic pressures and soaring energy and environmental costs, and followed weeks of speculation over job losses.
