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Employees of Tata Steel’s UK operations began industrial action even as talks between the unions and Tata Steel, mediated by the UK’s conciliation service ACAS, continued.
This action — better known as “action short of strike action” — began at 6 am on Tuesday and means that workers will not do any overtime, or do any work beyond the strict limit of their agreements. It was sanctioned during industrial action ballots held by four unions last month, which also endorsed next week’s one-day strike action.
A spokesperson for Community, one of the four unions involved in the National Trade Union Steel Coordinating Committee, said that the ACAS-led talks had adjourned late on Monday and were continuing on Tuesday, but declined to comment on where negotiations stood.
“We’ve always said we want meaningful discussions and that is what is happening now hopefully.”
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