Manufacturer will nearly idle Mount Holly plant, greatly reduce work force at Cleveland. Governments will feel tax loss. Even with the current recession and the industry's history of up-and-down employment cycles, the layoffs at three area Freightliner plants announced Thursday are staggering. One truck plant in Mount Holly will be almost completely idled, with nearly 600 workers sent home. Another plant in Rowan County will lose almost 1,300 employees, leaving it with one-fourth the work force it had less than a year ago.
With another 275 workers being laid off at a Gastonia parts plant, a total of 2,137 Freightliner workers will be laid off March 13, according to Daimler Trucks North America, Freightliner's parent company. Another 190 workers will be laid off Jan. 30 in Portland, Ore.
A sharp decline in customer orders – a familiar lament in the lagging economy – is the reason, with Daimler's president and chief executive calling the layoffs “unavoidable and necessary.”
FULL STORY HERE
With another 275 workers being laid off at a Gastonia parts plant, a total of 2,137 Freightliner workers will be laid off March 13, according to Daimler Trucks North America, Freightliner's parent company. Another 190 workers will be laid off Jan. 30 in Portland, Ore.
A sharp decline in customer orders – a familiar lament in the lagging economy – is the reason, with Daimler's president and chief executive calling the layoffs “unavoidable and necessary.”
FULL STORY HERE
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment