Chrysler to Cut Non-Union Jobs

Automaker slashes non-unionized jobs to avoid GM's fate
By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 9, 2007 2:27 PM CDT
Chrysler to Cut Non-Union Jobs
United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger, center, sitting with members of the UAW negotiating team addresses the media during a news conference after opening the 2007 contract talks at the Chrysler Group headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., Friday, July 20, 2007. The national contract between...   (Associated Press)

With Chrysler deep in talks on a new contact with the UAW—the clock is ticking on a strike deadline tomorrow morning—sources tell the Detroit Free Press that cuts to non-union employees are in the works. Loss of about 1,600 salaried and contract jobs is expected, on top of the 14,000 layoffs over the next 3 years announced as part of a restructuring in February.

The timing is seen by some as a move to push UAW to close the labor deal. "It's all about everyone sharing the pain,'' one analyst told Bloomberg. Unlike GM, privately held Chrysler is seen as very vulnerable to a job action—the company lost $2 billion in the first three months of the year. "It could be the end of the company," said one expert. (More Chrysler stories.)

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