Freightliner to Cut About 2,000 Jobs in Oregon, North Carolina
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Truck manufacturer Freightliner LLC plans to lay off about 800 of its 1,700 workers in Portland, Ore., and stop making Freightliner trucks in that city, the Associated Press reported.
The company also said it will lay off up to 1,180 workers at its Cleveland, N.C., truck plant and another 260 at its Gaston, N.C., parts plant, AP reported.The company, a unit of DaimlerChrysler, said in December it would lay off 800 at workers at an Ontario, Canada, truck plant and that it could lay off up to 4,000 workers companywide this year as a result of new diesel-engine emissions that took effect Jan. 1. (Click here for previous coverage.)The company in late December said it will build a new $300 million truck manufacturing plant in Mexico, scheduled to open in 2009, that will build Freightliner and Sterling brand trucks. (Click here for previous coverage.)The North Carolina layoffs will take place April 1 at the plant in Cleveland, AP reported. The plant, which has more than 4,000 workers, will scale back from three shifts to two, AP said. In Oregon, Freightliner will retrofit its Swan Island plant to make only military vehicles and Western Star-brand trucks, AP said, citing The Oregonian newspaper. Freightliner plans to reduce truck production in Portland from 74 to 28 a day beginning March 30, the day the layoffs there take effect, AP reported.
Truck manufacturer Freightliner LLC plans to lay off about 800 of its 1,700 workers in Portland, Ore., and stop making Freightliner trucks in that city, the Associated Press reported.
The company also said it will lay off up to 1,180 workers at its Cleveland, N.C., truck plant and another 260 at its Gaston, N.C., parts plant, AP reported.The company, a unit of DaimlerChrysler, said in December it would lay off 800 at workers at an Ontario, Canada, truck plant and that it could lay off up to 4,000 workers companywide this year as a result of new diesel-engine emissions that took effect Jan. 1. (Click here for previous coverage.)The company in late December said it will build a new $300 million truck manufacturing plant in Mexico, scheduled to open in 2009, that will build Freightliner and Sterling brand trucks. (Click here for previous coverage.)The North Carolina layoffs will take place April 1 at the plant in Cleveland, AP reported. The plant, which has more than 4,000 workers, will scale back from three shifts to two, AP said. In Oregon, Freightliner will retrofit its Swan Island plant to make only military vehicles and Western Star-brand trucks, AP said, citing The Oregonian newspaper. Freightliner plans to reduce truck production in Portland from 74 to 28 a day beginning March 30, the day the layoffs there take effect, AP reported.
