Power shock: Privatisation fears after no new apprentices taken on this year

By Rebecca Belt
August 14 2014 - 4:00am
BEGINNING OF THE END: Electrical Trades Union NSW secretary Steve Butler, left, and Stop the Sell Off campaign director Adam Kerslake have dire predictions for Tamworth regarding electricity apprenticeships and the electricity sell-off. Photo: Gareth Gardner 130814GGF02
BEGINNING OF THE END: Electrical Trades Union NSW secretary Steve Butler, left, and Stop the Sell Off campaign director Adam Kerslake have dire predictions for Tamworth regarding electricity apprenticeships and the electricity sell-off. Photo: Gareth Gardner 130814GGF02

UNION leaders have claimed a decision by Essential Energy not to employ any new apprentices this year is a precursor to the full privatisation of the state’s electricity network.

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