Friday, September 12, 2008

Ford wants to cut another 4,200 jobs

In this June 22, 2007 file photo, Ford Motor Company employee Ralph Gazzillo assembles the 2008 Ford Taurus X at the Chicago Assembly Plant. Ford Motor Co. on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 said its previously-disclosed plans to cut one of the two shifts at its Chicago assembly plant will mean eliminating about 600 part-time jobs by early November. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)

The struggling automaker is offering buyout and early retirement packages at manufacturing operations in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana as it continues efforts to trim its factory ranks to match lower demand for its products.

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