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(802 posts)Both companies also are hiring when many employers aren't. GM has added roughly 2,000 U.S. workers since leaving bankruptcy and now employs 79,000 in the U.S. Chrysler has added almost 12,000 workers and now has about 44,000 in the U.S. Since the bailout started in early 2008, under President George W. Bush, the number of jobs in U.S. auto and parts manufacturing has grown by 156,000 to 780,700, according to government statistics. It's progress for an industry whose workforce is still far below its peak of more than 1.3 million jobs in 2000.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-matters-auto-bailout-122429090.html
Chrysler has added hundreds of jobs in recent months, although many of them don't pay the same high hourly rates of years ago. Still, since it emerged from bankruptcy, Chrysler has hired about 13,000 workers worldwide. Two-thirds of its 63,000 global workers are in the United States.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/editorials/chryslers-comeback-the-companys-rebound-is-another-bailout-success-667500/#ixzz2hTDw1IrJ
http://www.chryslercareers.com/OurCulture/Documents/Chrysler_CSO2012%20spreads.pdf