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Food workers’ jobs in doubt as South Australian plant fails to find new work
A “significant” number of workers are facing the end of the line at a South Australian food processing plant that is unable to secure contracts beyond the middle of the year.
Key points:
- One of Port Lincoln’s major employers is in danger of closing
- Port Lincoln Tuna Processors has been unable to secure a new contract
- The plant has handled products such as baby food, gravy and custard after the tuna contract went overseas in 2010
Port Lincoln Tuna Processors (PLTP), on the Eyre Peninsula, has not been offered any opportunities beyond the end of its contract, which expires mid-June.
“We have worked very hard to sustain our operations amid challenging business conditions in regional SA and COVID-19 upheavals,” managing director Mario…
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