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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFord to cut North America, Asia salaried workers by 10 percent: source
Source: Reuters
AUTOS | Mon May 15, 2017 | 11:33pm EDT
Ford to cut North America, Asia salaried workers by 10 percent: source
By David Shepardson and Nick Carey | WASHINGTON/DETROIT
Ford Motor Co (F.N) plans to shrink its salaried workforce in North America and Asia by about 10 percent as it works to boost profits and its sliding stock price, a source familiar with the plan told Reuters on Monday.
A person briefed on the plan said Ford plans to offer generous early retirement incentives to reduce its salaried headcount by Oct. 1, but does not plan cuts to its hourly workforce or its production.
The move could put the U.S. automaker on a collision course with President Donald Trump, who has made boosting auto employment a top priority. Ford has about 30,000 salaried workers in the United States.
The cuts are part of a previously announced plan to slash costs by $3 billion, the person said, as U.S. new vehicles auto sales have shown signs of decline after seven years of consecutive growth since the end of the Great Recession.
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Ford to cut North America, Asia salaried workers by 10 percent: source
By David Shepardson and Nick Carey | WASHINGTON/DETROIT
Ford Motor Co (F.N) plans to shrink its salaried workforce in North America and Asia by about 10 percent as it works to boost profits and its sliding stock price, a source familiar with the plan told Reuters on Monday.
A person briefed on the plan said Ford plans to offer generous early retirement incentives to reduce its salaried headcount by Oct. 1, but does not plan cuts to its hourly workforce or its production.
The move could put the U.S. automaker on a collision course with President Donald Trump, who has made boosting auto employment a top priority. Ford has about 30,000 salaried workers in the United States.
The cuts are part of a previously announced plan to slash costs by $3 billion, the person said, as U.S. new vehicles auto sales have shown signs of decline after seven years of consecutive growth since the end of the Great Recession.
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Ford to cut North America, Asia salaried workers by 10 percent: source (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2017
OP
Keep this KICKED. Trump made sooooo much about him keeping all those FORD jobs....
Bengus81
May 2017
#4
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)1. So much winning.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)2. Turnip will fix it.
He will call Ford and tell them to knock it off.
safeinOhio
(32,674 posts)3. I'm sure those white collar
Will be offered production jobs as they open up. No more sitting at the desk drinking coffee.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)4. Keep this KICKED. Trump made sooooo much about him keeping all those FORD jobs....
In the US,not moving to Mexico blah,blah,blah... Now look
ileus
(15,396 posts)5. Sad news is this is what we need more of.
It's good news for our party, and ultimately good news for America.
Hate to say it...