IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe expressed their profound concern about the cumulative loss of tens of thousands of jobs in the steel sector and related industries. The trade union representatives attending the OECD Steel Committee in Paris, warned about the risk of deindustrialization in OECD and other countries. The situation facing steel and industrial workers is the consequence of decades of poorly designed national policies that have supported excess capacity in the steel industry and promoted export-led competition at the expense of domestic demand, workers’ wages, and working conditions. Trade unions call for an end to these harmful practices and for the creation of quality industrial jobs that provide fair wages, decent working conditions, and job security for all workers.
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