There's more job losses on the cards for Wallsend with 30 jobs set to be axed from Ausgrid.
MP Sonia Hornery has expressed how disappointed she is with workers advised the 30 positions will be moving to Sydney. It comes after the government announced the sale of Ausgrid last year and trumpeted the fact the sale would lead to both better service and cheaper prices.
Whether the government can step in or not, Sonia Hornery believes they should because it is simply unacceptable these jobs are being lost.
"It's a lack of commitment by the state government to create jobs in an area that desperately needs more apprentices, more schools and more jobs. Not only is it a loss of thirty jobs, it's a loss of thirty skills and a loss of thirty persons experience because who knows where these people will have to travel to get jobs."She is also worried that with thirty skilled workers being kicked out of Wallsend when there's a blackout or an electrical problem there will be no one local to fix it quickly.
"The government shouldn't be allowing Ausgrid to take another thirty jobs away from our community so the government should put a stop to these additional job losses in the Wallsend area. They should put a stop to it and they shouldn't allow it to occur."
