Despite hopeful rumors that Chrysler had changed its mind about closing down a plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat SpA CEO Sergio Marchionne has confirmed the plans to shut down the plant. The plant, which will be completely shut down by the end of 2010, employs 1,300 workers.
In the two years leading to Chrysler’s April 30th bankruptcy filing, Chrysler shed 35,000 jobs in an attempt to cut costs as Chrysler and other automakers feel the heat of the recession. Hundreds of workers and their families turned out to rally against the closure of the plant and …read more

Appliance giant Whirlpool Corp. has decided to shut down operations of its Evansville, Indiana manufacturing plant by the middle of 2010 as part of a larger effort by the company to restructure its manufacturing. Unfortunately for Evansville, a total of around 1,100 jobs will be shed as part of the closing of the plant.
 
The factory’s production, which consists primarily of Whirlpool’s most popular freezer refrigerators, will be transferred to a factory in Mexico, while its production of icemakers at the same factory will be moved to an undisclosed location. According to Whirlpool, the company has been looking at ways to …read more