Three steelworkers’ unions have declared a collective strike on BlueScope Steel.

Australia’s largest building material companies, Boral and Fletcher Building, is set to axe more than 1000 jobs.

The use of imported workers over skilled Australian manufacturing workers is set to raise questions following the Gillard government’s biggest foreign labour deal.

BlueScope Steel is likely to witness a mass strike action as Port Kembla steelworkers in NSW fight against another 100 job losses

Arrium, the global resources and steel company formerly known as OneSteel, posted a 75 per cent slump in net profit to $58 million.