The Wire

Holden’s manufacturing plant in Elizabeth in South Australia is the biggest employer in town. Today GM Holden announced that due to the pressures of the global market it will have to lay off 1400 workers. Manufacturing Workers Union secretary John Camillo says it will be a death blow to the marginalised suburb particularly when the onflow effects are felt by local parts suppliers. Meanwhile in the equally disadvanatged southern suburbs a newly formed group calling themselves the Southern Adelaide Workers Defence Committee tried to catch the attention of the Prime Minister when he visited a Christian Centre in the area. They are concerned about how the new industrial relations laws will affect them.

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