Sawmill staff layoffs announced in SA and VictoriaFriday 30 Sep 2005 On Monday, Carter Holt Harvey told staff at its three sawmills in Mt Gambier and western Victoria it was to cut 150 jobs. The company has mills at Myrtleford and Morwell in Victoria and Mt Gambier in South Australia. The job cuts across all departments, including management and operations. The Mt Gambier mill with a workforce of 300 faces the biggest cut with 90 workers likely to lose their jobs. These losses come on top of 38 losing their job at the Mt Gambier operation in January and 50 a year earlier. A slow down in the Australian building industry has contributed to a fall of about 15 per cent in timber prices in the past 18 months. |
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