Holden drops 600 workers from Commodore assembly plant
Filed under: Hirings/Firings, Plants/Manufacturing, GM
Looks like the sometimes-suicidally-prone manufacturing robots at General Motors are taking jobs away from some real people. The Australian is reporting that up to 600 Holden employees will be getting their pink slips in the company’s Elizabeth plant in South Australia. The Elizabeth plant is where the Holden Commodore, among other vehicles, is manufactured. The explanation is that the company is “adjusting to improved high technology automated operations.” Sounds like language employed to gain favor with future robot overlords.
Seriously, though, the downsizing will begin with voluntary buyouts and workers will be given government retraining and other assistance. The Elizabeth plant currently employs 4,500 workers and has been touted as being one of the “most flexible and efficient operations in the world.”
The cutbacks come just as the company gears up for production of the ute and wagon versions of the new-for-2006 Commodore range. That vehicle will be the basis of the new Pontiac G8, which will either be built in the States eventually or immediately to save costs. So we have workers doing too good of a job building a car that might be a bit big for current tastes.
Thanks for the tip, Daniel!
[Source: The Australian]
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