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A Wattie's factory employee facing redundancy fears for her and her colleagues' futures, saying it has been decades since some of them have had to interview for a job.
And the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) believes there will be a ripple effect right across the country if Heinz Wattie's goes ahead with its major shake-up.
The company wants to shut its plants in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin and stop the production of a number of products, including frozen vegetables.
Kathy Perrin, a forklift driver and E tΕ« union delegate in Christchurch, told Midday Report they were expecting a few redundancies, but not the closure of the entire plant.
"We could see we were a bit heavy o
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