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Aspen pulls back on job cuts but unions refuse to back down

By Anita Dangazele Aspen says rising costs and cancelled contracts are behind the retrenchments, but unions accuse the company of using voluntary packages to force workers out. Union boss Irvin Jim says Aspen’s contract losses were caused by mismanagement, not cancellations, and warns workers won’t accept the layoffs quietly. Pharmaceutical company Aspen has reduced its planned job cuts to 656 workers at its Gqeberha and East London plants, bu…
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