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Originally Posted by Charliewool
To a dill like me it reads........
"Dear Mr Abbott, please be advised that if you don't subsidise us poor japs that are building our pretty ordinary vehicles here in Altona, then we is up tents and away camels...
And we MEAN SUBSIDISE!!! Not piddles like GMH & Ford got each year from govco.. We want REAL bucks!!! Only one of us left now Mr Abbott..
Picture the next election Mr Abbott... The two remaining Australian auto makers GONE on YOUR watch!
Now we've gone public with our cry for help, are you going to tip in or what"
Or did I misread????
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Sarcasm aside, unlike Ford and Holden, government money isn't the biggest issue here.
Toyota has repeatedly insisted that it needs to cut the cost of each car made at Altona by around $4,000 and that it has made significant progress in doing so but for the need to change worker conditions in order to improve productivity.
A new EBA was a key prerequisite for securing the necessary investment beyond 2018. The workers/AMWU failed the test. They will wear this.