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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDaimler Trucks Warns 1,300 Workers At 3 NC Manufacturing Plants Could Face Layoffs
RALEIGH, N.C. - Daimler Trucks North America is warning 1,300 jobs could be lost at three North Carolina factories, reversing course a year after announcing plans to rehire more than a thousand workers there.
The company said Thursday the layoffs could hit in April if other efforts fail to address lower demand.
Portland, Ore.-based Daimler Trucks said it could cut 715 jobs at a factory in Cleveland, N.C., that builds Freightliner long-distance trucks, 400 at a Mount Holly plant that builds smaller Freightliner delivery trucks, and 80 at a Gastonia parts plant.
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Daimler Trucks Warns 1,300 Workers At 3 NC Manufacturing Plants Could Face Layoffs (Original Post)
Purveyor
Jan 2013
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is this due to a decline in the market, or Freightshaker losing market share? n/t
Mopar151
Jan 2013
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Mopar151
(9,983 posts)1. is this due to a decline in the market, or Freightshaker losing market share? n/t
Initech
(100,068 posts)2. No I'm guessing Daimler's CEO needs a few extra zeros on his pay check.
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)3. hopefully due to outsourcing
to Asia...
msongs
(67,405 posts)4. first the threat, then demand to work for reduced wages and benefits nt