Questions remain over how many jobs will be saved at ASC
UP to 460 jobs could still go at Adelaide shipbuilder ASC, the workers’ union says, while it’s not yet clear how many of those will be absorbed by other projects.
UP to 460 jobs could still go at Adelaide shipbuilder ASC, the workers’ union says, while it’s not yet clear how many of those will be absorbed by other projects.
The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union has done the maths and says hundreds of jobs are still at risk.
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws by Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick show a column for planned ASC redundancies through to March 2020, but the details are redacted and don’t make clear how many workers will be picked up by other projects.
Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas said there were hundreds of jobs in the shortfall between the current and future work.
Mr Malinauskas, pictured, said both the State and Federal Government were responsible for transitioning people so the state was not left in the “utterly ludicrous” position of having to rehire the same sort of workers down the track.
“Where is the plan? We know these jobs will be needed in the long term,” he said.
ASC this week said 93 jobs were at risk, but that both they and BAE, which has won the contract to work with ASC on the $30 billion Future Frigates project, would do their best to find other jobs for those workers.
Yesterday ASC said the workforce would continue to “roll-off” until the end of next year, but that they were already finding internal placements for workers, while the frigate workforce build-up would begin soon.
ASC warned that workforce projectionss were only estimates and not decisions and any documents with redacted information might not include all relevant information.