The mining union has slammed South 32 for killing local business, Southern Colliery Maintenance (SCM), due to its current campaign to eliminate all decent employers from its Illawarra sites.
SCM has been formally put on notice by South 32 that its long-standing contract at Appin colliery will be terminated within weeks. As a result the local owners of SCM – Bill Polychrone, Mark Gazzola, and Paul de Leeuw – have informed their 126 employees the company will be closing.
Born in the Illawarra, SCM has employed locals in the region for 21 years.