Jobless Alcan workers offered internal fair
Hundreds of Northumberland workers who have been made redundant at Alcan are being offered their own jobs fair.
Hundreds of Northumberland workers who have been made redundant at Alcan are being offered their own jobs fair.
Rio Tinto's John McCabe, has given his responded to Ian Lavery's criticism. He said: “The workforce has known since June 2011 that the plant was under review and that closure was an option. We had to keep searching for a buyer for the plant for as long as we possibly could."
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.