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Thursday 20 November 2008Industry minister Kim Carr has welcomed today's announcement that Ford will continue operating its Geelong engine plant.
Thursday 20 November 2008SWEDISH automobile manufacturer Volvo will lay off 130 workers from the company’s Brisbane commercial vehicle factory it announced yesterday.
Thursday 30 October 2008FIVE hundred former Mitsubishi workers have secured new jobs within six months of the company's South Australian plant being shut down.
Thursday 23 October 2008THE Global financial crisis is now hitting automotive component manufactures, with several Adelaide firms employing hundreds of workers said to be on the brink of collapse.
Wednesday 15 October 2008THE Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has turned to its members to help find ways of luring more women into manufacturing as a way of addressing the national skills shortage.
Thursday 24 July 2008WORKERS should be given carbon trading permits if their employers move their operations offshore because of the Government's emissions scheme, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) announced yesterday.
Friday 18 July 2008MORE than 100 employees at an Adelaide car component manufacturer will lose their jobs after being made redundant.
Friday 28 March 2008AMWU members made redundant by the closure of Mitsubishi in Adelaide will receive an improved payout as a result of intervention by the AMWU.
Monday 14 January 2008A DROP in automotive sales of Mitsubishi's 380 six-cylinder car, which is produced from its Adelaide plant, has to questions regarding the company's manufacturing future in South Australia.
Tuesday 28 August 2007THE damaging strike at car parts supplier, Venture Industries, which is costing Ford millions of dollars a day in lost production, looks set to continue following yesterday’s Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) meeting.