Holden to pull out of Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-0...016-17/5138942
Although not officially confirmed it seems inevitable. I dont think anyone will be surprised by this bit of news, Australia has well and truly priced itself out of the manufacturing market with high wages and penalties. It will be a huge blow for Adelaide especially. |
Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Three cheers, it's about bloody time. Fed up with these corporate parasites gulping down my tax dollars and pissing them up the wall.
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Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11021887)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-0...016-17/5138942
Although not officially confirmed it seems inevitable. I dont think anyone will be surprised by this bit of news, Australia has well and truly priced itself out of the manufacturing market with high wages and penalties. It will be a huge blow for Adelaide especially. |
Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by old.sparkles
(Post 11021994)
Why would you assume that manufacturing wages are higher than in the UK - did you work in manufacturing?
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Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 11021984)
Three cheers, it's about bloody time. Fed up with these corporate parasites gulping down my tax dollars and pissing them up the wall.
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Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11022094)
No I didn't.
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Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by old.sparkles
(Post 11022110)
I did - they're not (not from my limited enounters with manufacturing wages in Adelaide anyway)
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Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11022125)
Well it must be all the other costs that make it uncompetitive. Apparently Holden production workers earn $50 an hour which is unsustainable.
Edit - sorry, from what I remember froma colleagues pay at BMW, they would be a little lower at Holden, again assuming you've already factored in penalty rates |
Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by old.sparkles
(Post 11022142)
I'm afraid I don't know how much a car costs to manufacture in Aus - Holden's wages look to be on par with Mars in the UK. Unless of course that doesn't include their penalty rates, and in which case it's higher than I thought
Edit - sorry, from what I remember froma colleagues pay at BMW, they would be a little lower at Holden, again assuming you've already factored in penalty rates |
Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11022149)
Anyway what are your thoughts on how it would impact on Adelaide especially?
Of course their is still a fairly large manufacturing base in Adelaide - have to wait and see |
Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
I think the biggest loser will be the companies supplying parts and services also the area has a much higher unemployment rate than the State average.
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Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 11021887)
Australia has well and truly priced itself out of the manufacturing market with high wages and penalties.
Or put another way, the money that the board should have been investing, hasn't been. The implication is that this money was going into plant in SE Asia/China/India etc. where the base labour cost was low - and Australia was being milked as a cash cow - to be killed off when it got too old and decrepit to go on. Given that Australia cannot (and never should want) to have wages that match India, if it has allowed that global shifting of resources it can't be surprised that the game plan plays out. However, put the blame where its due - with the GM & Ford boards, and with the Oz politicians that let them get away with it whilst providing handouts. Edit : here you go http://resources3.news.com.au/images...325-b-uren.jpg |
Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Well thank **** for that. Coz they iz totally shit innit.
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Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
Never really understood this whole Holden thing. Surely they were just Vauxhall car parts stuck together and a Holden badge stamped on at the end of the process.
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Re: Holden to pull out of Australia
So that just leaves "football, meat pies, kangaroos...."
I feel for all the people who'll lose their jobs. |
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