Production slow at cement factory

PNG Taiheiyo Cement, the sole cement producer, has still not resumed full production since the mass sacking of 130 employees three weeks ago.
Only a handful of workers went back to work yesterday but they were unlikely to make a difference in production output as the plant was not fully operational.
The sacked workers are represented by trade union consultant Tom Vevo, who is in Port Moresby organising a restraining order to stop the company from taking on new employees until it justified the mass sacking.
Vevo said he would no­-
tify the company to accept the sacked workers back without any loss of entitlements and salaries.
Vevo said the company remained firm on its decision to sack the wor­kers.
He reported that the Department of Labour and Industrial Relations was concerned about this case and planned to intervene.