Aug 9, 2026 – 4.45pmThe national boss of the most powerful union at the Whyalla steelworks says the ailing plant cannot again become a small cog in an offshore steelmaking network and potentially repeat the disastrous outcome under British businessman Sanjeev Gupta.However, Paul Farrow, the national secretary of the Australian Workers’ Union, the largest union covering blue-collar workers at the crippled plant, has stopped short of explicitly backing either of the two final bidders, coal entrepreneur Matt Latimore’s M Resources and India’s Jindal Steel International.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Whyalla steelworks union warns against a repeat of Gupta strife
The plant’s blast furnace hasn’t operated for four months, bidders face a $5 billion-plus bill and the AWU is worried that it could again be a cog in a global network.
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