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Aug 15, 2012 Page 18
DAIR workers end dispute
Car-makers keep rolling
after all parties agree on
redundancy payout deal
By RON HAMMERTON
A DISPUTE that threatened to bring car
production to a halt at GM Holden and
Ford this week is over, with workers at
vehicle component manufacturer DAIR
Industries voting on Sunday night
to accept a compromise on capped
redundancy payouts thrashed out at Fair
Work Australia in Melbourne.
Workers had been picketing the
Dandenong factory in Victoria over the
issue since last Wednesday, slashing
production of components
such as rear bumper
assemblies, foot brakes,
clutch mechanisms, hood
hinges, parking brakes and car jacks.
But in negotiations last weekend,
the company and unions agreed to a
redundancy payout cap of 104 weeks
for long-serving workers – a deal later
ratifi ed by workers.
DAIR production resumed on
Monday morning, but car manufacturers
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were still juggling production schedules
to cover parts shortages.
Ford Australia public affairs
director Sinead Phipps said one
example of parts in short supply was
the third-row seat runners for the
seven-seat Territory.
“We will be able to produce a full
day’s schedule today and
tomorrow (Monday and
Tuesday), but we are just
having to juggle the models
being produced,” she said.
The dispute over redundancy payouts
refl ects the nervousness of the 140
workers at DAIR Industries – and
across the component manufacturing
sector in general – over job security.
Hundreds of jobs have already
been slashed as local car-makers
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Holden Cruze production
cut production and struggle against
competition generated by the high
Aussie dollar.
Two parts-makers, APV Automotive
Components and CMI Industries, have
in recent weeks announced the closure
of factories, which will cost more than
200 workers their jobs.
DAIR, which has been in business
since the 1960s, was acquired last year
by another parts-maker, Autodom Ltd,
which reported a $647,922 loss on
revenues of $46.8 million in 2011.
The dispute over redundancies
stemmed from that takeover, with DAIR
workers refusing to accept a revised
agreement over capped redundancies in
line with Autodom policy.
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