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Article: Dana Corp. plans more local layoffs
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- October 17, 2008
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Columbia's Dana Corp. auto parts manufacturing plant is cutting
45 jobs as it phases out production of a type of axle currently
being supplied to General Motors, a spokesman for the local plant
said yesterday.
Max Dunlap said the possibility of the layoffs was first
communicated to employees in July and was formally announced last
month. He said the 45 jobs - which will be cut by Dec. 1 - are in
addition to the 29 employees let go this summer because of the
general weakness in the automotive industry.
"Market conditions are difficult and continue to deteriorate,"
Dunlap wrote in an e-mail response to questions. "Additional cuts
are possible if sales reductions outpace our normal attrition ...