Thread: Nissan shedding workers.

manufacturing in this country has been dying this slow agonising seath for a long time. Wages too high, cosumers buying products overseas, (usually the reason of being ripped off here), so we have own own demise to blame.
Australia will ship out raw materials ( Great Mining Boom) but will become another importer for all our essential needs, including food. Once that happens wait to see how we will ripped off when you become soley dependant on everything. The rip off will really begin. Supermarkerts are doing it to us already, replacing food items with their own brand sourced for China and the like. When the monoploy becomes bigger, there will be no more passing go and collect $200, it will be pay toll of $200.
I have friends in manufacturing, they have all been retrenched.

I didn't know Nissan still made anything in Aust.

Originally Posted by garrycol

I didn't know Nissan still made anything in Aust.

Me either, i thought that when the Dandy plant closed down that was it.

I guess wages are to high if you dont want any quality of life and also be returning tax dollars for services we all need, use and take for granted.....

but then again, most want to consume at an unsustainable rate, not caring where it was made under what conditions and how good it is....just as long as it fills the "image" requirment

A cash injection that will only prolong what will eventually happen

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Me either, i thought that when the Dandy plant closed down that was it.

X3 did they re-open and resourced some parts after the closure, a few years ago now.

Originally Posted by uninformed

I guess wages are to high if you dont want any quality of life and also be returning tax dollars for services we all need, use and take for granted.....

but then again, most want to consume at an unsustainable rate, not caring where it was made under what conditions and how good it is....just as long as it fills the "image" requirment

Indeed, I have madly been doing over my accounts and finances to find out whether I qualify for the schools/education giveaway. I really need a bigger flat screen tv in my shed!

I didn't know Nissan still made anything in Aust.

It is a bit of a orphan child as far as Nissan is concerned. It is a casting plant that makes gear boxes casings.oil sumps, diff housings etc. Makes gear box casings for Ford and Ssangyong as well. Was a left over after the Clayton plant closed. There are only a few plants world wide with machines as big as this plant has.Which is why it stayed around after the main works closed until now. China as usual is the bad boy and has now plants with machines as big. Plant then moved into the accessories business. Which would have been a bonzer move if the economy was good.
Cheers Hall