Via The Australian:
Peter Cook has spent almost three decades working for Toyota in Melbourne but in less than a week he’s due to become one of thousands of new job seekers.
“I’ve applied for 20 jobs and I’ve had 19 knock-backs, and I’ve got a lot of qualifications,” Mr Cook told AAP on Thursday.
He was still hopeful about the 20th application, but Mr Cook’s anxiety about his future isn’t a one-off story.
Toyota will shut down its Altona factory on Tuesday, putting more than 2700 workers out of a job.
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union organiser Tony Hynds says up to five times that number of workers will be affected through the component supply chain.
Thanks Tony Abbott who refused a lousy $500m to keep the industry alive during a very temporary currency spike in 2013. The arrow points to when Ford decided to close:
Today a Ford Territory would cost you $38,490 while the comparable Thai or Korean built Hyundai Santa Fe costs $39,350. But, as the dollar sinks further it would have soon enough have triggered Territory exports. Instead it will be gone and the Hyundai’s price will skyrocket.
Just so angering.
