21 May 2020

Coronavirus: Fletcher Building cuts 1000 jobs

From Morning Report, 7:44 am on 21 May 2020

New Zealand's largest construction company is set to reduce its workforce by 10 percent by cutting 1000 jobs in New Zealand and 500 in Australia.

The announcement came less than a week after the government laid out a recovery plan in the Budget that leans heavily on the construction of major infrastructure projects.

Maurice Davis is the National Secretary of the Amalgamated Workers Union.