Infrastructure company Delta is again wielding the axe, with plans to cut an entire division's 77 jobs in Dunedin and other southern centres. The Dunedin City Council-owned company yesterday confirmed it planned to close its entire civil construction operation across Otago and Southland. The proposal - to be confirmed next week - would result in 41 job losses in Dunedin, 20 in Central Otago and 16 in Southland, out of a total workforce of about 580, Delta chief executive Grady Cameron said. The news was delivered to staff across the company at 3pm yesterday, and left some ''white-faced'' and distraught, it was said. Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull said it was another ''bitter blow'' for Dunedin, on...
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