Wollongong unites on campaign to buy local steel and save Port Kembla's steelworks

By Julie Power
Updated September 19 2015 - 10:13am, first published 9:29am
BlueScope Steel plant at Port Kembla is experiencing job losses. Photo: Peter Rae
BlueScope Steel plant at Port Kembla is experiencing job losses. Photo: Peter Rae
Worker Alex Varga with his wife Leah and children Andrew, 17, Steven, 15, Mathew, 13, Nathan, 11 and Jessie, 10. Photo: Peter Rae
Worker Alex Varga with his wife Leah and children Andrew, 17, Steven, 15, Mathew, 13, Nathan, 11 and Jessie, 10. Photo: Peter Rae
Project engineer Ian Waters said it was an "absolute disgrace" that taxpayer-funded projects were being built without a requirement to buy local.  Photo: Peter Rae
Project engineer Ian Waters said it was an "absolute disgrace" that taxpayer-funded projects were being built without a requirement to buy local. Photo: Peter Rae

A public rally in Wollongong on Saturday will call for the NSW and Federal Governments to buy local steel for taxpayer-funded projects to save Port Kembla's steelworks.

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