On Thursday, August 22, Cadbury workers in Dunedin were hit by what the ODT called a “bittersweet bombshell” the loss of 145 jobs, or a quarter of the workforce over the next two years.
“Bittersweet Bombshell” sounds like the name for a new line of confectionery – chocolate-coated strychnine, perhaps. This new round of redundancies, following the loss of around 1400 jobs over two years, 700 in the last four months alone, is certainly a poison pill for the city.
Cadbury, the ODT, the Dunedin City Council, the Labour Party and even the trade unions all agree that the bitterness of the redundancies is sweetened by the promise of $51 million worth of spending on equipment.
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