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AUTO & TRUCKMAKERS JOBS * USA & Australia
* Wisconsin - Military truck maker eliminates 900 jobs after federal budget cuts
(Photo: An Oshkosh Corp. M-ATV vehicle) Oshkosh,WIS,USA -Bloomberg/The Business Review -Apr 10, 2013: -- The sequestration has hit Oshkosh Corp. The truck and military vehicle maker will cut 900 jobs in its defense unit, according to a Reuters report... Because of federal budget cuts, Wisconsin-based Oshkosh will eliminate roughly 200 full-timers in the next four months, and 700 hourly positions beginning this summer, the report says... Following the layoffs, the defense unit will employ 2,800... Oshkosh’s announcement Tuesday is not surprising given its extensive military business and the $85 billion in federal budget cuts that went into effect on March 1...
* Michigan - Ford begins hiring 1,400 for Flat Rock plant
Flat Rock,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Karl Henkel -April 9, 2013: -- A Ford Motor Co. spokeswoman said Tuesday the automaker has begun the hiring process for more than 1,400 workers at its Flat Rock assembly plant... The plant, which produces the Mustang, will add an additional shift later this year in order to manufacture the Fusion midsize sedan... About two-thirds of the new workers will be transfers from Ford's former Automotive Components Holdings LLC operations and a few will transfer from other Ford plants... Approximately 30 percent — or about 400 workers — will be new hires...
* Michigan - Union: Only about 50 layoffs at Flat Rock assembly plant
Flat Rock,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Karl Henkel -April 9, 2013: -- Approximately 270 Logistics Services Inc. workers may be permanently laid off from their jobs at Ford Motor Co.'s Flat Rock Assembly Plant, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice, though a union representative indicated late Tuesday night that only about 50 employees will be affected... The layoffs are expected in June, according to the notice posted on Tuesday...
* Australia - GM to eliminate 500 jobs in Australia following weak demand
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Detroit News (USA), by Melissa Burden -April 8, 2013: -- General Motors Co. said Monday it plans to cut 500 employee positions in Australia, citing weakening demand for its Holden Cruze and a high Australian dollar... The automaker said it plans to trim production at its Holden brand Vehicle Operations facility in South Australia from 400 cars a day to 335 by Aug. 1... The move will cut about 400 positions from its Elizabeth production facility, GM said... The company also says it plans to cut about 100 Holden hourly product development jobs in Victoria and in total will trim about 12 percent of its workforce in the country. GM has about 4,200 employees in Australia... GM said employees will be offered severance packages, but the moves are necessary to "better align Holden with projected future volume" ...
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