Electrolux closes two plants in Adelaide - 500 jobs gone

[MW]

Good to see the manufacturing industry in South Australia is going from strength to strength.
Whos going next? Mitsubishi?

[Wedgie]

Yeah Ive heard Mitsubishi isn't too far away, rumours have been going around for a while.

[MW]

Interesting to hear the managing director of Electrolux announce that part of the reason for the closure was due to the public not purchasing and supporting Australian made products. I would like to know how many of the components in those dishwashers, dryers and washing machines were Chinese made??? Hardly Australian made....Australian assembled yes.

[heater31]

that rumour has been going around since the begining of the year saying that they will be gone by xmas. Epsecially at holdens i think every staff member including the dunny cleaner knew that one.

[MW]

I would not be too confident at any manufacturing plant in Australia. Free trade agreement with China is a great idea John Howard you tool....

[Punk Rooster]

Clipsal production moved O/S a long time ago...
Manufacturing is not a good career to have for the long term- the service industry is the way to go.

[MW]

yep you said it Punky

[TroyGFC]

Little Johnney you ctun! (unscamble)
I work at Mitsubishi and give it until next October, we still have a government contract until about then for money given out.

[Rik E Boy]

I genuinely feel for anyone who is still working in the manufacturing industry in Australia, let alone SA as I was once one of you. We can't compete globally with nations who pay their workers diddly squat to manufacture things. The writing has been on the wall for 15 years at least. I used to work in the manufacturing industry and thought 'well, bugger this' for many reasons and one of them was that you could see that there was just no future in it.

One by one the workshops of the post war era, large and small will fall. If the IR laws become entrenched many of you will become retrenched. You need to get into service or information industries as quickly as you can. You will need to upskill and upskill fast. Many of you may have to actually take a step backward in order to take a step forward. I quit my last 'factory' job in 1996 and became computer literate the next year. You can do the same but don't wait until the gates are padlocked behind you or you'll be another poor bastard amongst many at Centrelink wondering WTF happened. Continual learning must become a part of your vocational life..if you haven't already started some sort of training that can steer you away from the manufacturing industry start doing so as soon as you can.

Everyone out of the pool! If you aren't scared yet, have a squiz at Micheal Moore's 'The Big One' which is all about downsizing as major manufacturing concerns export jobs to countries with cheaper labour pools.

regards,

REB

[MW]

I genuinely feel for anyone who is still working in the manufacturing industry in Australia, let alone SA as I was once one of you. We can't compete globally with nations who pay their workers diddly squat to manufacture things. The writing has been on the wall for 15 years at least. I used to work in the manufacturing industry and thought 'well, bugger this' for many reasons and one of them was that you could see that there was just no future in it.

One by one the workshops of the post war era, large and small will fall. If the IR laws become entrenched many of you will become retrenched. You need to get into service or information industries as quickly as you can. You will need to upskill and upskill fast. Many of you may have to actually take a step backward in order to take a step forward. I quit my last 'factory' job in 1996 and became computer literate the next year. You can do the same but don't wait until the gates are padlocked behind you or you'll be another poor bastard amongst many at Centrelink wondering WTF happened. Continual learning must become a part of your vocational life..if you haven't already started some sort of training that can steer you away from the manufacturing industry start doing so as soon as you can.

Everyone out of the pool! If you aren't scared yet, have a squiz at Micheal Moore's 'The Big One' which is all about downsizing as major manufacturing concerns export jobs to countries with cheaper labour pools.

regards,

REB

I'm still in it REB, scary times ahead....