More WA jobs are about to be lost with news that Inghams Chickens are about to start trucking in their ‘fresh' chicken products from Adelaide.

The contracts of 15 owner drivers expire in December and they have been told they can apply for one of only FIVE contracts to be on offer after that date.

The firm's Osborne Park processing plant will be obviously scaled down as a result of the changes.

The announcement follows similar moves by Peters Icecream and small goods manufacturer Watsonia.

Both these firms have laid off hundreds of workers and are carting their "fresh' products in from the east.

How they can call a product ‘fresh' after it has been carted on the back of a truck across the Nullabor is beyond me. But that is what Inghams intend doing.

The way things are going, there nothing will be produced here.

As soon as the Ingham subbies heard about their firm's Adelaide move they called the TWU seeking help.

All of them have joined the union and we will do whatever we can to help.

Some have been with the firm for between 15 and 20 years and most were shocked by the sudden announcement.

Several of the drivers have recently bought new chiller vans at great personal expense.

One said he would have to sell his home and buy a caravan to live in.

A meeting with Ingham's state manager Greg Smith was held on September 9 but it was inconclusive. Talks are continuing.

We built the rabbit proof fence to keep the bunnies out of WA - perhaps we should build a CHOOK PROOF FENCE!