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Article: Nokia to Cut 500 Jobs to Finish Reductions at Fort Worth, Texas, Facility.
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- September 11, 2001
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By Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 11--FORT WORTH, Texas--Nokia is moving to complete a previously announced downsizing of its Fort Worth manufacturing operation.
In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the Finnish maker of cellphones told workers at its Alliance plant that it will cut 500 workers, the last of the 1,500 job cuts announced in February.
Some workers were informed in meetings over the weekend that they had lost their jobs and others will be told in one-on-one meetings in the next few weeks, officials said.
"We let them know back then that we would be having sets of ...