His last shift at Hazelwood finished at 7am on Tuesday, the last of thousands of night and day shifts at the plant since he started there in 1988.
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| Sean O'Reilly, 52, isn't sure what he'll do now, after years working in the power industry. |
A little over one day later, the 1600-megawatt coal-fired Hazelwood plant was shut for good by owners Engie and Mitsui, ending 50 years of operation.
Despite 37 years in the Latrobe Valley power industry, Sean O'Reilly, 52, needs to keep working.
He started as an apprentice fitter and turner in 1980, but for 17 of the past 20 years he has been a contractor at Hazelwood, rather than a direct employee, which is why his redundancy payout was "not much at all" – about $29,600.
Read Darren Gray’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Hazelwood shutdown: Last shift signals a lifetime of work over.”
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