Workers: DaimlerChrysler to cut 800 Indianapolis jobs

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Mon, Sep. 15, 2003

Workers: DaimlerChrysler to cut 800 Indianapolis jobs
Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS - DaimlerChrysler AG told workers at a foundry on Monday that the company plans to phase out almost 800 jobs there during the next four years.

Workers at the Indianapolis plant said they had no idea the cuts were coming until they were told of the planned cuts during a meeting with company officials.

The foundry produces engine blocks for Chrysler vehicles. The cuts apparently would eliminate most jobs at the plant.

"The thought that jobs are not going to be here in a few years, that's what's upsetting," worker Laura Adkins told television station WISH.

The news came on the same day that the United Auto Workers said it had reached a tentative four-year national contract deal with DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group. (snip/...)

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/6780850.htm

[FlemingsGhost]

1. And the "Bush recovery" keeps rolling along...

The Whitehouse will probably blame the Germans.

[Dirk39]

7. Let them be right one time in many years...

Daimler is one of the most aggressive german corporations ever. One of them did even admit a few days ago - wasn't it a kind of scandal in the USA? - that the takeover of Crysler was a "hostille takeover" (I'm not sure, if this is the right english term, we call it "feindliche Übernahme")?
We - at least our corporations - still understand to even shock french and american corporations!
This is just the same shit everywhere...
Hello from Germany,
Dirk

[are_we_united_yet]

2. Hew Snow, Chao, W and Evans

That economy is really kicking in now!

[UpInArms]

3. It is really depressing to watch all these jobs

continue to evaporate under this misleadership.

"They want to try to save some money. It's going on all over. I see that," he said. "I'm not surprised because of the economy the way it is."

[NNN0LHI]

4. Just so you guys are aware

These new contracts between the UAW and the big three auto makers are going to be tough. The deal is that the employees will keep what they have in exchange for plant closings. Ford is looking at closing several plants affecting thousands of workers who will soon be out of a job.

Don

[InkAddict]

5. Gotta Pay Celine

She's got a palace to keep up.

On edit: How bout a benefit honey! That cute kid's gonna pay the freight!

[pippin]

6. Going to China

No wonder:



"DaimlerChrysler plans huge expansion in China

Struggling to catch up in the world's fastest-growing major market for automobiles, DaimlerChrysler agreed on Monday to expand its operations in China to include the production of Mercedes C-Class and E-Class cars and large trucks.

DaimlerChrysler said the total investment called for under the agreement was around E1 billion, or about $1.1 billion, in the coming years.

International Herald Tribune
Septeember 9, 2003
http://www.iht.com/articles/109248.html

[Kellanved]

8. not quite

Several new plants are under construction in Germany as well.
Daimler Chrysler is certainly -as is BMW - not on my "good guy" list of coorporations. I'm not sure concerning VW; Porsche is (at the moment) as "good guy" as a carmaker can be.


http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1426743&nav=0qq6HmiS

[cthrumatrix]

9. but..but..but...the economy is growing....bush says so

[JM]

10. Sorry, but you can't cost-cut...

...your way back to profitability when your product sucks.

How is building crap in China versus building crap in the US going to help when consumers know you are building crap and don't want to buy it?

I had a Subaru that ran to 248K miles. I have a Dodge Stratus that had the head gasket replaced at 48K. The dealer told me Dodge would pay half the repair cost since they knew but would never admit publicly they had a problem with head gaskets in ALL of their 2.0 and 2.4L engines between 1995 and 1999.

http://www.lemonaidcars.com/

Later,
JM