>From abc news: Kodak Australasia has announced plans to close manufacturing operations at its plant at Coburg in Melbourne's north.
Six hundred and fifty workers will lose their jobs as a result of the shutdown. Union officials have been locked out of a meeting between Kodak management and staff at the film production plant. Kodak has blamed a major downturn in conventional photography for the closure the plant. The Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union's Brian Daley says while the future of the plant has been shaky, many workers will be shocked. "There will be a lot of people who hadn't foreseen this, a lot of people who've lost 20 or 30 years of their working life," he said. The unions fear the cuts will also flow on to 350 administration jobs.
