Archive: july 30, 2008

GM to cut 5,000 salaried workers

GM to cut 5,000 salaried workers Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, GM
General Motors is looking to reduce its salaried (read: non-unionized) workforce by 5,000 employees by the end of the year, leaving the beleaguered automaker with 27,000 white-collar jobs in total. This 15% head-count reduction is part of an ongoing effort to trim costs as the automaker continues to hemorrhage cash.Also on the docket are early retirement plans offered to a select group of workers close to retirement age, while employees who choose to stay won't be getting raises until 2010 at the earliest. If GM reaches its reduction goals, the automaker...

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Sep 26 Chrysler to lay off 300 salaried workers this week

May 28 Ford ~~firing~~ letting go up to 12% of salaried workers

Jun 5 Ford to cut cost of salaried workers 15% by Aug. 1

Aug 29 GM offers early retirement to 9,000 white collar workers

Mar 6 Ford workers to get cash bonuses on March 13

Feb 20 Ford readying bonuses for entire workforce

Aug 7 Ford meets salaried cuts

Oct 24 Bob Nardelli to Employees: We're cutting 25% of remaining white-collar jobs

Mar 13 Chrysler plans summer shutdown, mandatory vacation for workers

Apr 17 UAW strike halts GM's CUV production

Aug 1 No school for you! Chrysler cancels tuition assistance

May 29 Honda shuffles production so it can make more Civics

Oct 24 GM cutting more white-collar jobs and employee benefits

Oct 14 Another day, another GM plant closing

Jul 15 Lutz: No Beat for the U.S., smaller CUVs on the way, Insignia stalled

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Jul 30 Mercedes-Benz to cut output by 40K plus

Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, SUVs, Plants/Manufacturing, Mercedes-Benz, Earnings/Financials
After announcing that its plant in Alabama would be slashing production of its slow-selling SUVs, Mercedes-Benz...

Jul 30 GM to cut 5,000 salaried workers

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, GM
General Motors is looking to reduce its salaried (read: non-unionized) workforce by 5,000 employees by the end of the year, leaving the beleaguered automaker with...

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Filed under: Gadgets, Tech
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