Geelong Indy - 07th October 2016

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Friday 7 October 2016

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Ford’s doors close By Luke Voogt ABOUT 200 people are set to lose their jobs today (Friday) as Geelong’s Ford factory grinds to a close after 90 years in operation. Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) Victorian Secretary Paul Difelice said the employees would need all the assistance they could get. “It’s a very, very sad day that such an icon is going.” “Ford is probably one of the very few companies that built from the ground up in Australia - all that technology and expertise is going to be lost.” Mr Difelice said Ford had done its utmost to help workers transition to new jobs since announcing the closure in May 2013 He praised the previous Federal Government for establishing the $5.25 million Auto Skills Australia project. The current Federal Govern-

ment has also allocated millions of dollars to Geelong in job creation programs. Mr Difelice said AMWU had developed an outreach centre for former workers which will open next Monday. Since Ford announced the Geelong and Broadmeadows closures it has or will re-employ 160 workers, a company spokesperson said. Bell Park’s Brendan Sexton will continue working for the company at its Lara proving ground. Mr Sexton joined Ford after it posted record sales in 1985. “I was working at the Pancake Kitchen, I think,” he said. “If someone had told me when I was 20 I’d be at Ford for 32 years, I’d have looked at them as if they were stupid.” For Mr Sexton the highlights of working at the plant were meeting new mates and “learning something new every day”. Continued page 5

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