Posted on October 31st, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler Group continues to trim the ranks of hourly employees. The automaker confirmed Friday that buyout and early retirement offers went out to 23,000 workers represented by the United Auto Workers union. The offers include cash, vehicle vouchers and, depending on tenure and location, at least some pension and retirement health benefits. Special offers are [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
In 1979, General Motors employed about 618,000 people. By the end of 2009, it will have eliminated more than 90 percent of those positions. Another round of buyout offers ended yesterday. Any employee agreeing to leave could get $20,000 in cash and a $25,000 vehicle voucher. Workers with more than 20 years with GM can [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Although Chrysler’s U.S. employee levels are the lowest they have been in 74 years, the company will be looking at more buyouts for hourly employees after the Detroit automaker emerges from bankruptcy and its alliance with Fiat is finalized. In a letter to UAW Vice President General Holiefield, Chrysler said special attrition programs to be [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler’s UAW-represented employees got more time to accept the company’s latest round of buyout and early retirement offers. In a letter to union locals, UAW International Vice President General Holiefield said the original deadline was last Wednesday, but the options will now expire sometime n March. Holiefield said the extension was granted to allow union [...]
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Posted on December 4th, 2008 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler Vice-Chairman and President Tom LaSorda says the company does not expect to lay off any salaried workers this month as enough employees opted to take the buyouts offered to meet the goals of the staff reduction program announced in October. “We had a very successful take rate from the programs. …,” LaSorda said. ”The take rates were [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 • by Bill Cawthon
So many of Chrysler’s salaried employees took voluntary buyout packages the company may not need to resort to involuntary separations. In late October, the company said it needed to cut about 5,000 of its 17,300 white-collar workers worldwide. To achieve this goal, every employee, regardless of seniority was eligible for a package that could include a lump-sum buyout offer, new car vouchers and [...]
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