Qld: Job cuts in road building will hit the bush, says union
The Queensland Public Sector Union says the state government is breaching its commitmentnot to affect services in regional areas by slashing more than 300 road building jobs.
The union's general secretary ALEX SCOTT says the Department of Main Roads has offeredVoluntary Early Retirement for 308 positions or 10 per cent of its job force.
He says last week's move is part of 1,000 public service job cuts announced in thestate budget on June 18.
Mr SCOTT says the cutting of 200 jobs from the regional road building and maintenanceunit Roadtek breaches a budget commitment by Premier PETER BEATTIE that job cuts wouldn'taffect regional services.
He says the union will take industrial action in protest at the job cuts in about aweek and a half's time.
AAP RTV rad/sc/ldj/rp
KEYWORD: ROADS (BRISBANE)
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