Dozens of workers at a paper mill in eastern Victoria will be stood down from New Year’s Day due to a shortage of materials.
Some 37 workers at the Opal Australian Paper mill in Maryvale would be impacted immediately, according to an official from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining & Energy Union.
“There are another 120 workers who are currently finishing the paper that has been made,” Denise Campbell Burns, Secretary of the Pulp and Paper Workers District, told AAP on Friday.
“Their jobs will be impacted (or) subject to stand-downs by the end of January (and) early February”
Opal had previously warned it might have to stand down workers or stop making some products due to a dwindling supply of timber….