General Motors Corp. has begun firing hundreds of white-collar workers in what employees have dubbed "Black Tuesday." Short-timers at GM's Tech Center in Warren, for example, were escorted from their offices to one of about three dozen conference rooms and told they were history.
The layoffs come weeks after the ailing automaker reported losing $10.6 billion last year.
Cutbacks were apparently first hitting the upper ranks, what is called the eighth level. Workers at that level have company cars so GM arranged for a taxi service to take them home, workers said.
A spokesman for one rental car agency in the Detroit area said GM had put them on standby for Tuesday. "They know we can accommodate them at any moment. We do group moves for GM, Ford and Chrysler all the time," he said.
Detroit Free Press
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yippie give me something to look forward to happening here.
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@!#$ 'em, if they did a better job and managed themselves better then they would not be in the situation they are in.
i guess it's a good thing that GM is going after cut backs with the higher level workers also, kinda smart if you ask me
and now they are eliminating the 3rd shift at the GM lordstown plant,the plant that makes the cobalt, which will affect about 1100 workers. this will take affect in june....
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a little bit of info , it isnt much right now but it will get more detailed later on today or tomorrow
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