Job Watch 2007

In 2007 the Workers Party kept track of job losses and threatened job losses in the union press and the mainstream media, bellow is the news of job losses from 2007.

Southland milling plant Brightwood closes leaving workers “high and dry”
Source: EPMU News 5 Feb 2007

Christchurch icecream plant likely to close with the loss of 70 jobs
Source: Stuff.co.nz 14 Feb 2007

Air Zealand “adamant jobs will be lost”
Source: TV3 News 15 Feb 2007

Up to 160 jobs to go at TVNZ
Source: Stuff.co.nz 27 Feb 2007 (Update: Jobs axed on April 12)

Fruehauf laying workers off without redundancy
Source: EMPU News 5 Mar 2007

52 redundancies in Dunedin
Source: EMPU News 5 Mar 2007

140 Jobs go in Christchurch
Source: TV3 News 4 April 2007

600 jobs at risk at Timerland
Source: Stuff.co.nz 11 April 2007

350 jobs lost at Fisher & Paykel
Source: EPMU News 27 April 2007

Sleepyhead moves operations, 350 jobs go
Source: The National Business Review 27 April 2007

140 jobs go at Click Clack and G.L Bowron
Source: Scoop.co.nz 4 May 2007

Dynamic Controls moves overseas, 200 jobs go
Source: Stuff.co.nz 16 May 2007

SkyCity cost-cutting to slash 230 jobs
Source: TV3 News May 2007

100 Skellerup jobs may go in revamp
Source: Stuff.co.nz 6 June 2007

50 jobs go as 3M factory closes
Source: TV3 News 24 June 2007

TelstraClear axes 100 jobs
Source: Stuff.co.nz 2 July 2007

75 Jobs likely to go at CPIT
Source: Scoop.co.nz 5 July 2007

250 Telecom jobs could move offshore
Source: Stuff.co.nz 10 July 2007

100 Fonterra staff face redundancy
Source: Stuff.co.nz 15 August 2007

Sealord plans to cut staff
Source: Stuff.co.nz 30 September 2007

PPCS to cut 60 jobs
Source: Stuff.co.nz 7 November 2007