Holden workers start exiting

[prydey]

http://www.carsguide.com.au/site/new..._start_exiting

Holden workers start exiting

100 contract and casual employees will lose their jobs.
Contract and casual workers started leaving Holden yesterday.
Between 20 and 30 people finished up at Holden's Elizabeth plant -- with more to follow.

The company announced earlier this year that as many as 100 contract and casual employees would lose their jobs as the plant's production rate was changed to 400 vehicles a day, which equates to around 90,000 for this year.

Holden spokeswoman Emily Perry said no full-time Holden employees have been exited from the business. "A very small number of fixed contracts were completed this week, and not renewed, as we confirmed earlier this year," she said.
Ms Perry also said a number of casual staff engaged by Holden in busy periods were not required. "These are casual roles and might be called on again in the future if/when required - which is the nature of casual work," she said.
Full-time Holden workers will also be voting on their new workplace agreement today and are expected to start moving from afternoon to dayshift in the general assembly plant next week.

so they are still making 400 cars/day. still seems a bit on the high side.

also shows that while the focus seems to always be on ford, both makers are feeling the heat in their local operations.

[burnz]

90,000 pa thats around 7500 per month.
sounds normal.

[csv8]

Originally Posted by burnz

90,000 pa thats around 7500 per month.
sounds normal.

What is Ford making a month ??
GMH..most would be the Cruze ??

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by csv8

What is Ford making a month ??
GMH..most would be the Cruze ??

Holden's 400/mth rebalance was to align Cruze and Commodore production rates

Ford production is at 209/day but that might change in June....

[Smoke Pursuit]

Yeh the 400 includes Cruze, Commodore, Ute and Caprice so that sounds fair.....

As for Ford 209 a day is a bit disappointing.

[burnz]

Originally Posted by jpd80

Holden's 400/mth rebalance was to align Cruze and Commodore production rates

Ford production is at 209/day but that might change in June....

don't forget FPV..allthou small, it add's up.

[mik]

i can remember maybe 7 or 8 years ago when i was carting parts for the mob, gmh was ramped up doing 700/800 cars per day, how times change.

[SteveJH]

Originally Posted by burnz

don't forget FPV..allthou small, it add's up.

That includes FPV, they go down the same production line, they just finish up a small number of details at the FPV factory.