{"id":87554,"date":"2017-02-01T20:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T01:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87554"},"modified":"2017-02-01T20:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T01:30:25","slug":"toyota-ends-australian-manufacturing-leaving-2500-unemployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/01\/toyota-ends-australian-manufacturing-leaving-2500-unemployed\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota ends Australian manufacturing leaving 2,500 unemployed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Toyota ends Australian manufacturing leaving 2,500 unemployed (Photo by Simon, Mandy Joshua and Bradley Yeo from Pakenham, Australia. (20090228_SX1IS_199) [CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>SYDNEY\u2014More than 2,500 people have been left without jobs after Toyota announced it would close its manufacturing plant in Melbourne’s west in Australia.<\/p>\n

Toyota said its total staff in Victoria would drop from around 4,000 to 1,300 people when it stops manufacturing and moves its workforce to the CBD.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the company said it would stop building the Aurion model in August, Camry Hybrids in September and Camry petrol models in October.<\/p>\n

Dave Buttner, president of Toyota Australia, said employees would be supported to prepare for the future.<\/p>\n

“We remain extremely proud of our rich manufacturing history which spans over 50 years,” Buttner told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Our employees are committed to producing vehicles of the highest quality as we work towards our goal of last car equals best global car.”<\/p>\n

The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) said the announcement actually came as relief for a lot of staff after years of uncertainty though they would struggle to compete with the 40,000 people employed by the broader industry.<\/p>\n

“They can now get on with their lives and organize around a date, they know when they’ll be leaving the plant, so for many of them in a very bad circumstance, it is a positive,” the AMWU’s Dave Smith told the ABC.<\/p>\n

“There’s going to be so many people coming onto the jobs market at the same time.<\/p>\n

“The company has put in a support program… But at the end of the day you can provide all the training in the world, but there’s got to be jobs there to go to.”<\/p>\n

Toyota will join Ford and Holden in shutting down its Australian manufacturing in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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