Ion Workers Rally at Creditors Meets

Date: 12 December 2004

Hundreds of Australian Workers' Union members from car parts maker Ion will rally in Adelaide tomorrow (Monday December 13) before attending the first Creditors Meeting since the company went into Voluntary Administration.

The future of 3,000 Ion workers was put in doubt last week when the company went into administration after banks cut its finance. Ion Automotive Group employs 600 workers in South Australia (at the former Castalloy plant in North Plympton and in Wingfield and Kilkenny) and another 700 auto parts workers at Albury in NSW.

Administrators McGrath Nicol and Partners are holding five simultaneous creditors meetings on Monday December 13 of the Ion Group companies in Adelaide, Melbourne (2 meetings), Sydney and Albury.

Media Representatives are welcome to attend:
WHAT: Doorstop interview at public rally of Ion workers - AWU National Secretary Bill Shorten
WHEN: 11.30am SA Time Monday December 13, 2004 (Rally from 11am-12pm SA Time)
WHERE: Victoria Square, Adelaide CBD, (near Law Courts)

For further information

Contact:	Jeremy Vermeesch
Union:	The Australian Workers' Union
Phone:	03 8327 0888
Contact Mobile:	0431 942 977
Fax:	03 8327 0899
Email:	jeremy.vermeesch@awu.net.au
WWW:	http://www.awu.net.au

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