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  • Michigan: Stellantis Temporarily Laying Off 1,600 Auto Workers Amid Production Cuts

    07/03/2024 2:20:35 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 13 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/03/2024 | JOHN BINDER
    Multinational automaker Stellantis is temporarily laying off about 1,600 auto workers at its Warren Truck Assembly Plant outside Detroit, Michigan, as executives cut production. Stellantis executives announced the temporary layoffs as they cut production at the Warren plant from two daily shifts down to just one for this month. Though sales of the Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer have increased, executives said the temporary layoffs are meant “to align production with sales. Auto workers at the Warren plant also produce the Ram 1500 Classic pickup truck.
  • Pixar is laying off 14% of its workforce as Disney scales back content

    05/25/2024 11:39:30 AM PDT · by george76 · 27 replies
    CNBC ^ | MAY 21 2024 | Sarah Whitten
    Pixar Animation Studios is laying off about 14% of its workforce, or around 175 employees. The cuts are part of Disney CEO Bob Iger’s overarching mandate to focus on the quality of its content, not the quantity. Pixar will refocus on theatrical releases and move away from short-form series for Disney+. ... Pixar will lay off about 175 employees, or around 14% of the studio’s workforce ... Layoffs hit other Disney businesses last year, but Pixar’s cuts were delayed because of production schedules ... Iger, who returned to the mantle of CEO in late 2022, has been working to reverse...
  • Lululemon Warehouse in Washington Set to Close, Laying Off More than 100 Employees

    04/19/2024 5:50:50 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 7 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/19/2024 | ELIZABETH WEIBEL
    Lululemon, a Canadian athletic apparel retailer, revealed that it will be closing its warehouse in Sumner, Washington, by the end of the year, laying off more than 100 employees. The athletic apparel company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice with Washington’s Employment Security Department (ESD) on Thursday. In the notice on the ESD’s website, Lululemon says layoffs at the 150,000-square-foot warehouse will begin on June 21, with 128 employees expected to be laid off.
  • Nestle Laying Off 200 Americans at NJ Coffee Plant, Outsourcing to Mexico

    06/30/2023 12:10:44 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 79 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 06/30/2023 | JOHN BINDER
    A subsidiary of Nestle, the multinational food corporation, is closing a coffee plant in Freehold, New Jersey, after 75 years of operation and reportedly sending production to Mexico. Nestle’s Freehold coffee plant will close in November, the company confirmed to NJBIZ, and lay off about 200 employees. “We’ve made significant investments in Freehold over the years, but the factory’s many challenges, specifically its age and limited operational flexibility, would cost tens of millions in additional investments to make it viable,” a Nestle spokesperson told NJBIZ. “How consumers drink coffee is constantly evolving and our manufacturing network must be set up...
  • Walmart laying off hundreds in ominous sign for economy

    03/23/2023 9:45:13 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 54 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/23/2023 | Reuters
    Hundreds of workers at five Walmart facilities that fulfill e-commerce orders are being asked to find jobs within 90 days at other company locations, a spokesperson confirmed to Reuters. About 200 workers at Pedricktown, NJ, and hundreds of others at Fort Worth, Texas; Chino, Calif.; Davenport, Fla.; and Bethlehem, Pa., were let go due to a reduction or elimination in evening and weekend shifts, the spokesperson said. The layoffs at Walmart, a retail bellwether because of its size, could be a harbinger of further turmoil in the US economy, which many economists predict could enter recession this year. “We recently...
  • Report: Harley-Davidson Laying Off Hundreds of American Workers, Sending Jobs to Thailand

    05/15/2018 5:52:21 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    brietbart ^ | 05/14/2018 | John Binder
    Harley-Davidson, the iconic American motorcycle company, is set to lay off hundreds of American workers at its Kansas City, Missouri factory while creating jobs in Thailand. After laying off nearly 200 American manufacturing workers last year, as Breitbart News reported, Harley-Davidson is expected to fully close its Kansas City manufacturing facility, leaving 800 workers out of work. Harley-Davidson executives say about 400 jobs will be sent to the corporation’s York, Pennsylvania manufacturing plant, but union workers allege their jobs are being sent overseas to Thailand. In remarks to USA Today, a manufacturing worker who’s been at Harley-Davidson for more than...
  • Lowe's laying off about 1,700 managers

    01/26/2011 1:17:04 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 85 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 1/26/11 | Martinne Geller, Dhanya Skariachan - Reuters
    (Reuters) – Lowe's Cos Inc is laying off about 1,700 middle managers across the United States, the country's second-largest home-improvement chain said. The news comes as home improvement chains focus on cutting costs to tackle tepid demand for expensive renovations in a slowly recovering. U.S. economy.