About 47,600 Workers Take Gm, Delphi Buyouts
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › June 27, 2006
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DETROIT (AP) -- About 47,600 hourly workers have decided to leave General Motors Corp. and Delphi Corp. through buyout or early retirement offers, accelerating the distressed companies' plans to cut costs by paring their work forces.
At GM, where about 35,000 people will depart -- mostly through early retirements -- Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said he was surprised by the numbers. But he said the number of takers will allow the Detroit company to reach its target reduction of 30,000 manufacturing jobs by Jan. 1, two years ahead of schedule.See the full content of this document
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About 47,600 Workers Take Gm, Delphi Buyouts
GM previously announced plans to cut its 113,000-person U.S. hourly work force by 30,000, closing a dozen plants by 2008.
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