Toyota to Close in Australia / Around 2,500 will lose their jobs

Toyota has made the “heart-breaking” announcement that it will stop making cars in Australia in 2017, bringing an end to the nation’s car manufacturing sector.

Around 2,500 Toyota workers will lose their jobs, while the loss of the wider automotive industry will put tens of thousands more jobs at risk.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  Toyota to close: Thousands of jobs to go as carmaker closes Australian plants by 2017 – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

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