Due to the decrease in their sales, Ford Motor Company will cut down their production by 10 percent. That is to say that there will be 730,000 fewer vehicles manufactured. This cut will be done in shifts at their factories located at Chicago, Cleveland, Kentucky, and Louisville.
The second shift elimination at the Louisville Explorer plant will take place around the midsummer, where there are 800 workers expecting the layoff. Bruce Day, the UAW Local 863 Building Chairman, said, “We thought we would get through this, but we are not going to… There will be layoffs.”
Ford is currently cutting back on their once popular trucks, sport utility vehicles and large cars. Ford spokeswoman Anne Marie Gattari had remarked, “This is not something we want to be doing. We would much rather be growing… It is sad that that is how it feels, like arm-twisting.” However, such trimming was needed to be done in order for Ford to live through.
source: Courier Journal
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