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Global Turmoil Forces Holden Shutdowns
ABC News
14 October 2008
www.abc.net.au
Holden's 7 millionth car recently: now production shutdowns due to global financial crisis.
A company official says 3,400 workers will be affected when the Elizabeth plant closes for two extra days this month and a week in November.
Workers will also be forced to take an extra two weeks off over Christmas.
Manufacturing Workers Union official John Camillo says the union will push Holden to provide workers with 40 per cent of their pay over the extra days off.
"I want to be able to see that every single worker is covered by some annual leave or some payment," he said.
"[There is] nothing worse than people going home with no pay."
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Holden Sales Slump Hits Adelaide Workers
AAP
18 November 2008
www.drive.com.au
Workers employed at Holden's plant in northern Adelaide will lose more work, following the car maker's decision to schedule another 25 days of production shutdowns.
The production line closures, to be spread across the first three months of next year, are the result of poor sales amid the global economic crisis, the Manufacturing Workers Union said.
Holden will make 15,000 fewer cars because of the production slowdown.
The car maker's 3,400 workers in South Australia have already had several days off in recent weeks.
Holden official Andrea Matthews assured workers no jobs were currently at risk.
"We always say there's no guarantees in the car industry but what we have preferred to do is introduce these extra non-production days rather than remove jobs," she told ABC Radio.
"We think our workers clearly prefer this as well."
Ms Matthews said Holden was committed to maintaining a manufacturing presence at Elizabeth and was confident of the future.
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I guess there is a lot more of this to come. They will bring forward RDOs and holidays I expect.
ABC News
14 October 2008
www.abc.net.au
Holden's 7 millionth car recently: now production shutdowns due to global financial crisis.
A company official says 3,400 workers will be affected when the Elizabeth plant closes for two extra days this month and a week in November.
Workers will also be forced to take an extra two weeks off over Christmas.
Manufacturing Workers Union official John Camillo says the union will push Holden to provide workers with 40 per cent of their pay over the extra days off.
"I want to be able to see that every single worker is covered by some annual leave or some payment," he said.
"[There is] nothing worse than people going home with no pay."
Click here to continue article
Holden Sales Slump Hits Adelaide Workers
AAP
18 November 2008
www.drive.com.au
Workers employed at Holden's plant in northern Adelaide will lose more work, following the car maker's decision to schedule another 25 days of production shutdowns.
The production line closures, to be spread across the first three months of next year, are the result of poor sales amid the global economic crisis, the Manufacturing Workers Union said.
Holden will make 15,000 fewer cars because of the production slowdown.
The car maker's 3,400 workers in South Australia have already had several days off in recent weeks.
Holden official Andrea Matthews assured workers no jobs were currently at risk.
"We always say there's no guarantees in the car industry but what we have preferred to do is introduce these extra non-production days rather than remove jobs," she told ABC Radio.
"We think our workers clearly prefer this as well."
Ms Matthews said Holden was committed to maintaining a manufacturing presence at Elizabeth and was confident of the future.
I guess there is a lot more of this to come. They will bring forward RDOs and holidays I expect.
