Fed: PacBrand workers king-hit by job axings

AAP General News (Australia)
02-25-2009
Fed: PacBrand workers king-hit by job axings

By Michelle Draper and Jeff Turnbull

MELBOURNE, Feb 25 AAP - The maker of iconic Australian clothing brands including Bonds
and King Gee will slash more than 1,800 jobs after the company announced it will take
all its manufacturing operations to Asia.

Pacific Brands says it no longer has a manufacturing future in Australia and will close
seven sites and axe 1,200 production jobs.

About 550 jobs will go in Victoria, almost 600 in NSW, and 56 in Queensland over the
next 18 months, as the company moves the remainder of its manufacturing workforce …