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Hundreds of meatworkers to lose jobs in Alliance closure

NZ Meat Workers Union national secretary warns other plants could follow suit as industry declines.

Alliance’s Smithfield plant in Timaru, south Canterbury

Up to 600 meatworkers at Alliance’s Smithfield plant in Timaru could lose their jobs under the proposed closure of the site. 

Alliance Group said if the proposal is confirmed, sheep meat, calves, and night shift venison processing would cease at the South Canterbury plant. A final decision will be

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Fiona Rotherham Fri, 27 Sep 2024
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