Re: Major Ford announcement
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Originally Posted by stevz
I purchased a new fridge recently and I chose an Australian made Westinghouse unit over other imported brands.
I will only buy imported products when there is absolutely no locally made equivalent available.
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Westinghouse is part of Electrolux Group (Sweden) and whilst they still do manufacture some products in Australia, they also import from Europe, China, and South-East Asia. 24 Australian redundancies a few weeks ago too!
So if one was to play the devil's advocate, I could say that despite your best intentions, you are supporting an importer who puts profit before workers and sends those profits overseas. 
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Fords the family have owned:
Model T, Model A, Fordson truck, 105E Anglias, MkI Escorts, MkI Cortinas, MkII Cortina, Zephyr Six, ZC Fairlane, AUII Ute manual, BA XT sedan, Territory TS SZ RWD.
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