RFP Staff
♦ Today the tragic loss of 936 workers jobs was announced at Freightliner’s Cleveland, N.C. manufacturing plant where Daimler trucks are built. It is the largest mass lay off in recent years at Freightliner, a Rowan County economic and manufacturing centerpiece and will no doubt send economic shockwaves through beleaguered Rowan County one of the poorest counties in North Carolina.
Friday January 8th marks the final day of work for the 936 employees laid off.
According to sources at the Freightliner plant, the mass lay off was due to reduced orders for Daimler trucks and a slowed manufacturing rate. The mass layoff will affect about the 33% of the plant’s workforce.
As with previous layoffs of skilled manufacturing workers in Rowan County, it will be difficult to find parallel manufacturing jobs in the area at this time.
Prayers for the workers and their families.
Freightliner WARN Letter(PDF.):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzkWNivTTPA4dVlBNkU0R2JkTU5aQnQyMkRHUTZRYnR3VC1r/view?pref=2&pli=1
Freightliner’s sprawling manufacturing facility in Cleveland, N.C.:
