Clay Lucas is workplace editor for The Age. Clay has worked at The Age since 2005, covering state politics, urban affairs, transport and local government for The Age and Sunday Age. Clay won a Quill with Age investigative reporter Royce Millar in 2009.
Clay Lucas An Altona biscuit maker has told its 105 staff this afternoon that their plant will shut, and their jobs will go, with 80 per cent of manufacturing now done in Melbourne to be sent to Malaysia.
Clay Lucas A legal case launched by 12 sacked Toyota workers and their union appears to be unravelling.
Clay Lucas and Jason Dowling The company line is that trains are running on time. But that doesn't mean they are running faster.
Clay Lucas Lifts at a recently rebuilt western suburbs railway station have broken more than 100 times in 10 months.
Clay Lucas Fifty million paper myki cards in storage will never be used, after the Baillieu government decision to dump all short-term tickets when the Metcard system is shut down.
Clay Lucas Altona residents attempting to get to Parliament House for a protest planned for 12.30pm today about poor rail services on their line have been thwarted — after Metro this morning cancelled...
Clay Lucas It's a symbol of their transport woes: to travel from home in Altona to a protest rally at Parliament House today, protesters will need to take three trains.
Clay Lucas Workers at a Coburg car parts supplier will find out at 1pm today if they still have a job.
Clay Lucas Toyota's method of sacking 350 of its workers is questioned by a human resources expert, who says the process should have been handled more sensitively.
Clay Lucas Landlord lockout of workers from a Campbellfield car parts supplier - which had the knock-on effect of shutting down Ford Australia's production line until next Wednesday - is resolved.
Clay Lucas Railway stations in Melbourne's east will lose up to 10 morning peak-hour services each weekday, according to a Metro report outlining the biggest change to timetables in a decade.
Clay Lucas and Royce Millar Metro's radical new timetable for Melbourne's rail network will confuse many commuters and halve off-peak services to some western suburbs, the Public Transport Users Association says.
Clay Lucas No one takes responsibility for the co-ordination of Melbourne's public transport services, according to the managers of Melbourne's tram, train and bus systems.
Clay Lucas and David Rood Metro will take its train drivers to federal industrial tribunal after they refused to drive first of Melbourne's long-awaited and desperately needed new trains.