Illawarra Toll Express workers who were told they would be made redundant are confident the company is following due process in line with employees' enterprise agreement, the Transport Workers Union says.
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On Friday, the Illawarra Mercury reported Toll Express's full Kemblawarra workforce of 17 employees had been told they would be made redundant when the company relocated its operations to Eastern Creek on August 1.
That morning, workers met with union officials at the office site to air their concerns.
South Coast and Southern Transport Workers Union sub branch official Lee Lawler said although employees were unhappy, they were "comfortable" with the actions taken so far by the company.
"There's some recognition there is a clear process with the enterprise agreement that needs to be followed," he said. "In terms of any restructure I think the members are comfortable that process is being followed.
"There's always uncertainty and questions but at the end of the day, whereas overall they may be unhappy, they're comfortable there is a process and it's being followed."
Mr Lawler said some older drivers were considering taking the redundancy offered.
"These drivers will have to consider that offer in light of their own personal circumstances," he said.
"Everyone's [circumstances] are different - it may be at this time in their life ... they may find the offer of redundancy attractive."
For other employees, Mr Lawler said the union would be "vigorous" in its attempts to keep them employed locally.
"We regard redundancies as the last option," he said. "We're hopeful they can be accommodated locally rather than having to work out of the area or, worst case scenario, being made redundant."