Brendan Horan MP
Spokesperson for Transport
28 June 2012

300 Kiwirail Workers to Be Made Redundant – NZ FIRST

New Zealand First is warning that KiwiRail is going to cut about 300 jobs over the next two years.

Transport spokesperson Brendan Horan says about 200 job losses are expected in the next year alone, with a further 100 jobs to go in the following 12 months.

“Nearly 14 per cent of KiwiRail employees are facing unemployment under KiwiRail’s proposal which rules out any possibility of them being replaced by contract workers.”

Mr Horan says it’s a callous move by KiwiRail to trim the wage bill by about $14 million to make it even more profitable to sell to private investors.

“It is further proof that the Government’s policies are based on gutting profitable state-owned companies at the expense of its workers.

“The chances of KiwiRail employees made redundant finding new jobs are remote given the Government has no idea on stimulating job growth. New Zealand First does,” says Mr Horan.
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