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KiwiRail workers across the country will stop work for two minutes at 11am

Stopwork to mark last day at Hillside

Ninety people are about to spend their last day at work at Dunedin's Hillside rail workshop.

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Unions have attacked the Government for the state-owned company's decision

Key passes the buck on Hillside

Prime Minister John Key says the Government pushed hard for the KiwiRail's workshops to be kept open.

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Labour MP Clare Curran (file)

MP urges probe into KiwiRail tendering

Labour's Clare Curran says she doesn't believe claims the Government didn't instruct KiwiRail to go for the lowest-cost bidder.

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Government blamed for Hillside closure

The Government decided a year ago to close KiwiRail's Hillside workshops, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull says.

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Hillside staff expecting to learn future

Staff at Dunedin's threatened Hillside Engineering Workshops expect to learn more about the fate of their jobs next week.

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KiwiRail has put their Dunedin workshops up for sale (file)

Rail workshops must stay open - Labour

KiwiRail's Hillside workshops in Dunedin must be kept open, Labour says. The company has put the workshops up for sale and is considering closing them if a buyer can't be found.

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