Keppel Prince boilermaker leads last-ditch effort to save mates wind farm jobs
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AprApril 2021 at 11:59pm
Dean Wombwell (second from right) travelled with more than 50 fellow steel workers to a protest in Melbourne.
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When boilermaker Dean Wombwell packs his bag and flies to Canberra next week, he ll be thinking of 42 mates back home who just lost their jobs.
Key points:
Keppel Prince fired 15 per cent of its workforce after failing to secure two regional wind farm contracts
The company says a lack of federal mandates on local products is to blame
Workers are flying to Canberra to lobby the company that won the contract to include local parts and save jobs