MPs, senior officials, city leaders and social sector representatives are meeting Mondelez International officials this afternoon at the Dunedin City Council to discuss the proposal to close the Cadbury factory.

E tu national industry strategy director Neville Donaldson said the union hoped the meeting would be used to formulate a strategy to fight the multinational's proposal to put 362 people out of work.
"What I'm hoping is these are all people who recognise the value of Mondelez remaining in Dunedin and retaining those jobs and looking at what it is that they can do to contribute that may see a change of heart on behalf of Mondelez.''
However, Mayor Dave Cull, who could not be contacted this morning, said last week Dunedin was "geographically poorly placed'' to export to overseas markets.
"Multinationals don't have localised loyalties, by definition,'' Mr Cull said last week.
As well as Mondelez, the meeting includes National MP Michael Woodhouse, Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean, Dunedin Labour MPs Clare Curran and David Clark, the Ministry of Social Development, Dunedin Council of Social Services, Otago Chamber of Commerce, Otago Southland Employers' Association, the University of Otago, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull and Cr Aaron Hawkins.