Scoop Full Coverage: Dunedin
Factory Closure
Cold Hearted: EPMU Says Company Has Lost
'Its Soul' Over Closure
Fisher & Paykel is closing its plant in Dunedin because it wants cheap labour, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. The profitable company has announced it will be moving production of its dish-drawers and cookware to Mexico - a move that means more than four hundred jobs will be lost in Dunedin with jobs also lost from plants in Brisbane and California. EPMU national secretary Andrew Little says Fisher & Paykel has lost sight of its Kiwi origins and lost its heart and soul. More >>
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