Unite response to Grangemouth investment

Responding to the UK government's announcement that it will invest £120 million in Ineos' chemical factory in Grangemouth, Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said: 

 “Unite has long been pushing government to take bolder and more strategic investments in core British industries like Grangemouth to protect jobs and drive growth. 

“This intervention for the future of the ethylene plant is a welcome step in the right direction - a sign it might be beginning to listen - but it must not be a one-off. 

“Many promises have been made in the past. This needs to be the start of a new direction of travel. We cannot forget that Grangemouth is also the site where this government has allowed Scotland's only refinery to close, rather than produce much needed sustainable aviation fuel.  

“There has to be a joined-up strategy for a workers' transition, backed by investment. British industry must be backed in a much better way, or jobs and skills will continue to go.”