October 7 2016 for the last Australian made Ford

[Franco Cozzo]

BayFM can reveal employees are being summoned to meetings today to be told manufacturing will cease on that date. Despite knowing for two years the company would walk away from Australian manufacturing in 2016, workers who contacted our newsroom this morning said they were still in disbelief. Some were in tears after this morning's meeting. It's understood employees who find other jobs and leave prior to October 7 2015 will still be entitled to their full redundancy packages. A Ford spokesman this morning told BayFM News that while the majority of workers will cease on that date, others will remain until the end of October to prepare completed vehicles for delivery. He said staff were being told of the closure date today during normal annual planning meetings. The company will retain up to 1500 employees in Australia in areas such as design.

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