300 Laid Off Wednesday At International Truck and Engine

[OhioChick]

POSTED: 10:51 am EST January 3, 2007
UPDATED: 11:43 am EST January 3, 2007

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- As of Wednesday, 300 workers at International Truck and Engine in Springfield are out of work. The layoffs that were announced last month have become official.

The company gave workers a 30-day notice of the pending layoffs.

On Wednesday, the 300 workers met at their union hall to find out what is next for them in terms of things such as health insurance. NewsCenter 7 was told that layoffs are affecting workers in most departments at the plant.

Plant leaders said the need for the layoffs goes back to supply and demand. They said there has been a big drop in demand for medium-duty commercial trucks.

That demand drop-off has to do with stricter environmental emissions standards that went into effect on Jan. 1. Officials said the new rules have driven up the cost of the trucks.

http://www.whiotv.com/news/10661518/detail.html


Also:

Danville plant lays off 65 workers

DANVILLE, Ill. Sixty-five employees are out of work today at an auto-parts plant in Danville.

Thyssen-Krupp (TIHS'-sihn-kruhp) A-G owns the plant, and the Germany company says the layoffs were caused by new federal rules requiring more stringent emission controls on heavy diesel trucks.

The company says a lot of companies bought trucks last year, before the new rules kicked in, and orders now have slowed.

Jeff Baker of Thyssen-Krupp says the layoffs aren't related to the company's plans to build a new crankshaft manufacturing plant in either Danville or Fostoria, Ohio.

That 40-(M)-million-dollar project would consolidate operations now split between the two cities and employ about 450 people.

http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=5885907&nav=1sW7

[fasttense]

1. Just another excuse to move more jobs out of the US

What are they going to do when the US "market" really runs dry?

[patrice]

2. 8 Laid Off at my software company today; including me.

We were bought. Somebody(s) got their 3 or 4th house and we got the "door".

[NMDemDist2]

5. I"m sorry Patrice

:hug:

hope you land on your feet

[patrice]

7. Thanks, I've decided to do some right sizing of my own, when it comes to

what is known as a "job".

I want to free-lance from my home.

[OhioChick]

6. I'm sorry to hear this.

I hope you pick up something else soon.

[patrice]

8. I'll keep looking, but I Am thinking about alternatives too.

I'll at least be able to be more active again for a while anyway.

[VegasWolf]

3. Bush economy. This is bad, heavy duty products were one of the last sectors of

the Bush economy that was even still gasping.

[oasis]

4. Corporate pigs hide they greed by blaming layoffs on the environmentalists.

:puke: