Wages for workers at the Liberty Bell Bay Smelter have been secured for the next three weeks, in a deal reached between the Tasmanian and federal governments.
Australia’s last ferromanganese smelter, at Bell Bay in Northern Tasmania, was put into administration on March 23 this year, and a search for a new buyer continues.
Union members from Liberty Bell Bay meet with union representatives outside the smelter to call on state and federal support with only one more guaranteed paycheck next Friday. (ABC News: Kelsey Reid)
Last week, the near 200 strong workforce had been told to take unpaid leave from this Friday, or lose their jobs.