Forestry workers will be paid
PA Rotorua* The Prime Minister, ME Lange, announced that the* Government would cot£ tinue to pay the wages of* forestry workers not rfig employed by the hew Forestry Corporation after the restructuring of th& Forest Service. The Government would.’ pay the wages, through' the corporation, untit those workers not re-em-ployed left the corpora” tion through natural job turnover, he said. There would be na forced redundancy. - Mr Lange announced! the package for the subsidised wage scheme to a’ meeting of union officials,forestry workers and resi-“ dents at Kaingaroa. He said all jobs to be; offered after the restruc-, turing would be advertised before Christmas and forestry worker? could apply for those post! tions.
Within a month",; workers would knowwhether they would be; employed by the Forestry Corporation, the Conservation Department or one of the new land-based; corporations.
No workers would be made compulsorily reduriS dant to facilitate the transition from Forest Service; to Forest Corporation, he said. £
However, some workers would have to relocate. ”
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