UK Trade Union Prepares for Showdown with Tata Steel

Via Metal Miner   The latest steel news and sources from the UK indicate that the Community trade union plans to ballot its members at Tata Steel for strike action. The move comes amid the company's plans to replace two blast furnaces at the Port Talbot site with electric arc furnaces. “Community representatives from all Tata Steel UK plants have unanimously agreed to serve notice on the company should Tata confirm their intention to close Blast Furnace Number 4,” the London-headquartered union quoted its national officer for steel,…