Might as well clear out the Lions' dead weight
Ford's recovery starts in reverse (Sarah Webster, Detroit Free Press)
Ford Motor Co. said Monday it plans to cut up to 30,000 jobs and shutter 14 plants in a sweeping restructuring it hopes will turn its North American auto business back into a profitable venture.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford said the automaker would idle 14 manufacturing facilities. Ford's North American work force has 122,000 people, approximately 87,000 hourly workers and 35,000 salaried workers.
Inexplicably, another of Bill Ford's employees -- Detroit Lions GM Matt Millen -- gets to keep his job.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/24/06 10:22 | Sports | Technorati
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I looked back through a bunch of old copies of Newsweek and Time Magazine.
Lots of ads for big SUVs and pickups. Lots of claims that they were working on hybrids and alternate-fuel vehicles.
They marketed vaporware and got their asses kicked. And they deserve it.
Posted by Laurence Simon @ 16:58 on 01/24/06
Yep. Bill Ford's football team and his auto company are in similar shape -- shambles.
Posted by Kevin @ 21:53 on 01/24/06
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