Tag: holden
Ford to axe around 300 jobs in June as sales slump
Workers at Ford’s Geelong and Broadmeadows plants are facing 300 job cuts come June as the car maker prepares to cease local manufacturing from...
SPC Ardmona to stir up divisions in the Government ranks
Senior Government members have raised their concerns regarding the way the economic rationalists are handling the situation with struggling SPC Ardmona and their stubborn...
Macfarlane to discuss future of manufacturing industry next week
Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane is scheduled to sit down with representatives from the different sides of manufacturing next week to discuss the future...
Joe Hockey accuses the AMWU of “being at war” with Toyota
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has accused the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) of deliberately obstructing Toyota’s attempts to cut high costs and jeopardizing the...
Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane dismisses SA government’s Holden plan
The Coalition has dismissed the South Australian government’s response plan to the Holden closure as "blatant made-for-TV politicking", saying it chooses to lay a...
South Australia wants Federal government to commit $330 million for Holden plan
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has released the State Government’s six-point plan which will help curb the impact of the Holden closure on the...
GM boss says South Korea likely to produce cars for Australia under free trade...
General Motors’ newly appointed international operations chief Stefan Jacoby has told members of the media that there is a “good likelihood” that South Korea...
GM’s Stefan Jacoby says no amount of government aid could have saved Holden’s factory
General Motor’s head of international operations Stefan Jacoby has admitted that he was the one who proposed the decision to close down Holden’s manufacturing...
SA Government nears completion of plan to overcome Holden loss
The South Australian government has come up with a comprehensive plan that will help mitigate the impact of Holden’s closure by 2017.
On Monday SA...
Holden rules out selling brand to another company
Car maker Holden has made it clear that their brand and local manufacturing operations are not for sale, following South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill’s...