Up to 80 steelworkers' jobs would be saved under a deal which unions predict could mean no forced redundancies in BlueScope Steel's restructuring process.But a mass meeting of steelworkers planned for next week to consider the deal is having trouble finding a venue because of the ongoing problems with the safety of the roof at WIN Stadium.Unions and BlueScope will today report back to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, signalling that weeks of negotiations over the number of jobs to go and the selection criteria for the cuts may be drawing to a close.Thousands of workers have been in limbo for the five weeks since BlueScope announced it would halve steel production and restructure the company, cutting 800 employees at Port Kembla plus another 330 contractors. The 800 were expected to be evenly split between steel production workers and office-based staff.But after intensive negotiations with BlueScope in the IRC, Australian Workers Union branch secretary Andy Gillespie, who represents the production workers, yesterday said he was confident about 80 jobs would be saved."We're looking at no forced redundancies," he said. "The numbers the company first anticipated, then told us, which kept going up, we've been able to sit and negotiate with departments and look at reducing the numbers."Also involved in the negotiations have been the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and the Electrical Trades Union.A BlueScope spokesman declined to comment on the latest developments.Mr Gillespie said 78 AWU workplace delegates at the steelworks "overwhelmingly" endorsed the latest redundancy proposal last week and will meet again this afternoon to plan a mass meeting for members to have their say."I think the vast majority of the members will be satisfied with the outcome," he said.The Mercury understands the redundancy package would involve 2? weeks' pay for each year served, plus 14 weeks' pay and a cash payment.The AWU had sought four weeks' pay for each year, plus $5000, while BlueScope initially offered 2? weeks and no extra cash.Offering a cash sweetener instead of an increased per-year rate would allow BlueScope to save money because many of the workers expected to take a package have been there for decades.Mr Gillespie said he wanted to hold another mass meeting at WIN Entertainment Centre but continuing problems with the roof of the neighbouring WIN Stadium's western grandstand meant the venue was uncertain."If we can't get there, we'll have to go elsewhere," he said. "There's parking restrictions, there's areas you can't go because of the roof."