Media captionCommunity union president, Alan Coombs, chairman of the multi-union group at Port Talbot, said it was “good news” A commitment to secure jobs and production at Port Talbot and other steelworks across the UK has been announced by Tata Steel.
It could bring an end to eight months of uncertainty for thousands of workers who faced losing their jobs when Tata"s UK business was put up for sale.
Tata held talks with unions on Wednesday and said it was “an important step forward” for its future in the UK.
But workers still have to agree to pensions changes and will be balloted.
Almost 7,000 people are employed by Tata Steel across Wales, including more than 4,000 in Port Talbot.
A number of “significant” measures include:
A guaranteed, minimum five-year commitment to keeping two blast furnaces at the Port Talbot plant A 10-year £1bn investment plan to support steel making at the site A commitment to seek to avoid compulsory redundancies for five years A consultation on repl..
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