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Giants wield job axe

30 Mar, 2009 09:16 AM
MONASH workers were last week dealt a blow with the news that more than 100 jobs would be cut or moved offshore.

The ANZ announced on Tuesday it would move 100 finance jobs to New Zealand from its Melbourne and Mulgrave call centres.

The following day, technology company NEC advised it would be cutting 153 jobs, which included the retrenchment of 100 research and development positions from its Mulgrave office.

It follows the axing of car industry jobs in Clayton earlier this month, with Bosch sacking 170 workers and Unidrive confirming 37 positions would go.

An employee from ANZ's Mulgrave call centre, who did not want to be named, said no one knew whether their jobs were safe. "We haven't been consulted through this process.

"We've been told 100 jobs will go but we haven't been told who or when. It's nerve-racking to wonder if I'll be able to keep a roof over my head and feed my kids in a few months' time."

Last week's announcement from ANZ came less than two weeks after it confirmed it would move 500 office positions to India.

Finance Sector Union secretary Leon Carter said ANZ should not be allowed to continue to profit at the expense of Australian taxpayers and local jobs.

Opposition manufacturing spokesman Peter Ryan said the loss of 100 jobs in Mulgrave would deal a blow to Victoria's manufacturing sector.

ANZ and NEC did not respond to the Journal before publication.

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