Freightliner, Navistar Plan Deep Cuts in Work Force
More than 5,000 employees of Freightliner Corp. and Navistar International will soon be out of a job because of declining orders for new trucks.
In Chicago the next day, Navistar said it would let 1,600 employees go.
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Freightliner, based in Portland, Ore., announced Aug. 14 that it would fire 3,745 factory workers — almost one in five of its work force.
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The addition of these layoffs will bring the number of jobs lost in truck manufacturing this year to more than 7,800.
