Parliament approves British Steel bill as sources say owners blocked from entering Scunthorpe plant – as it happened
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The Steel Industry (Special Measures) has now passed through the House of Lords and is awaiting royal assent

Workers feared Jingye executives might sabotage the works, according to a person briefed on events.

A union source confirmed that police were called this morning at about 8am after Jingye executives tried to enter the Scunthorpe plant. The executives left shortly after.

The workers locked out the bosses. The police arrived and backed up the workers. Bosses went home. Fucking amazing.

    • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
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      10 days ago

      All they had to do was turn off the furnace, and it would have been far too expensive to switch it on again. A definitive simple action like that doesn’t exist for water companies.

      • UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk
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        10 days ago

        Person A: “I wish we could have some oranges”.

        You: “well we can’t, because strawberries are not in season right now”.

        He was referring to why the government doesn’t want to nationalise the water companies - call the police and block the executives as in this story.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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          9 days ago

          I think the point is that the water companies executives gaining access to the water companies doesn’t allow them to do any sabotaging that would dismantle critical infrastructure.