Whanganui MP Chester Borrows is urging the Whanganui region's businesses to help find jobs for those affected by Cavalier Spinners redundancy announcement last week.
Mr Borrows said he had spoken to plant manager Iain MacLeod and Cavalier Bremworth chief executive Paul Alston over the past week.
"I really feel for
the Cavalier team, which has been part of the Heads Rd Industrial Area scene for over 40 years," he said.
"It's been a sudden announcement of a business decision which has to be respected because of the downward trend in wool carpet products and the corresponding rise in synthetic floor coverings."
Though it was heartening the plant would stay open, not all staff would have a job under the new structure, he said.
