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It seems like Ford has an excess of 4,200 hourly workers in its North American plants, or at least that’s what the company’s executives told the leaders of the United Auto Workers in a private meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to a report from ‘Freep’, people who attended the closed-door, open-mouth (…) meeting, but who did not want to be identified, said that Ford made it more than clear that it would like to shrink its hourly workforce in its North American operations by that number or maybe even more under its new restructuring plan. -Continued
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Ford wants to Get Rid of another 4,200 Workers in N.A.
It seems like Ford has an excess of 4,200 hourly workers in its North American plants, or at least that’s what the company’s executives told the leaders of the United Auto Workers in a private meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to a report from ‘Freep’, people who attended the closed-door, open-mouth (…) meeting, but who did not want to be identified, said that Ford made it more than clear that it would like to shrink its hourly workforce in its North American operations by that number or maybe even more under its new restructuring plan. -ContinuedFreep said that Ford has trimmed its North American hourly workforce by a whopping 40 percent over the past three years leaving about 61,000 hourly workers in the
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- President Obama Praises Ford’s “insourcing†Of Jobs
Last October, Ford signed a new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union that included adding 12,000 hourly jobs at its U.S. facilities over the next four years moving production from its plants in Mexico, Japan and China back to the...
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Ford announced today that it has sealed a deal for a new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers union that covers approximately 41,000 employees. According to the new labor contract, Ford will add 12,000 hourly jobs over the next four years...
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What would have been unheard of a year ago could now very well become a reality: if auto sales don't rebound by the second half of next year, Toyota may be forced to lay off workers in the U.S. for the first time since it began manufacturing cars...
- 18,657 Gm Hourly Workers Accept Buyouts
More than 18,000 of GM’s U.S. hourly workers or about a quarter of its American blue-collar work force have accepted the automaker’s buyout packages, the company announced today. Most of the employees are expected to be gone by July 1, 2008....
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