Unite has said it will call on members working at other Corus sites to take "strategic action" against the company in a bid to force it to consider offers for the Redcar steel plant.
Unite has reacted with anger at Corus' confirmation that it plans to begin shutting down Teesside Cast Products tomorrow.
Terry Pye, the union's national officer for the steel industry, has dismissed Corus' actions as a "disgraceful charade".
"The union has reason to suspect that Corus never had any intention of selling this plant and they now intend to close the site which will have a devastating affect on the local community, which has a rich 150 year heritage of iron and steelmaking," he said.
“Corus is trying to give the impression that it wants to mothball the Teesside site, in a view to sell it once they have interested buyers.
"However, Unite think this is a smoke screen. We are aware that serious offers have been made to Corus that would allow production to remain at the plant, but the management has dismissed them all out of hand.
“We will be meeting other trade unions next week to discuss what action to take and will be calling on our members at the other Corus sites to take strategic action to force the company to take heed to the offers it is receiving to save the plant and the thousands of skilled jobs in an area already decimated by lob losses.”
The plant has been up for sale since May 2009.
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