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GM Slashing 1,600 Salaried Jobs This Week

Agent009 submitted on 4/20/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:59:44 AM

14 user comments | Category: Misc News | Source: | SOURCE: www.bloomberg.com

General Motors Corp.

, operating on $13.4 billion in U.S. government loans, told employees that 1,600 salaried workers will be dismissed this week.

Combined with 250 earlier job cuts and other resignations and retirements, the moves will complete “the bulk” of GM’s plan for eliminating 3,400 U.S. salaried positions, a spokesman, Tom Wilkinson, said today.


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GM Slashing 1,600 Salaried Jobs This Week

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Joe_Limon

the union allowed this? or wait, are they just going into retirement and still getting paid? In which case GM is still fucked.

— Joe_Limon (View Profile)

Posted on 4/20/2009 11:12:26 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

1UAW

The union dose not represent the white coller workers who are mostly management.

— 1UAW (View Profile)

Posted on 4/20/2009 11:46:50 AM | | Votes: 3   

1UAW

also retirement is paid for by the union itself now with a plan put in place since 2007 called V.E.B.A

— 1UAW (View Profile)

Posted on 4/20/2009 11:48:28 AM | | Votes: 4   

M53R

You have way too much time on your hands Mr GayBashingNeoNaziLoveMachine.

Get a life... or Maybe a job.

— M53R (View Profile)

Posted on 4/20/2009 11:50:31 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

woood

Kinda makes you lose interest in typing a comment.

— woood (View Profile)

Posted on 4/20/2009 12:06:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

lock

Sad but necessary.

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Posted on 4/20/2009 12:10:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

mercuryguy

Maybe more people should worry less about the view that somehow they are overpaying for thier car and insted say:

"I don't want to pay loan shark rates on my credit card and get a quarter of a percent interest on my savings so that Wall Street workers can be overpaid for sitting behind a desk and sunning themselves out on the Golf course."

Amazing that so many on Wall Street failed, yet they keep thier jobs and huge bonuses. Working people at GM insted get the blame or the nation's decline. People who work Long hours in hot factories who ask for healthcare and a wage to keep thier home and pay for thier kids college. Pay and Health Insurance that companies no longer want to American Workers. It would take Eons for the GM worker to make what the Wall Street failure workers make.

It is well time for GM white collar job cuts. GM management has done little to help the company. Insted they create more car divisions to somehow solve problems.

— mercuryguy (View Profile)

Posted on 4/20/2009 12:40:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

upwards

To bad the media has Americans brain washed to hate a company that provides services for the hard working common man. I am at a loss for words when one hard working individual groans and complains when he sees another working man having benefits that are a necessity in today's world.

Upwards thinking.

— upwards (View Profile)

Posted on 4/21/2009 12:54:20 PM | | Votes: 4   

M53R

Right.. I thought you were one of them 1600 who got axed when I saw how long your pointless comment was.

— M53R (View Profile)

Posted on 4/20/2009 1:44:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

M53R

Thank you Agents for banning that troll.

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Posted on 4/20/2009 4:05:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

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