Return to CDC in the News
March 2009
6
As Layoffs Loom, Freightliner Workers' Prospects Dim
By Mark Wineka
mwineka@salisburypost.com
A week from now, Fran (not her real name) and her husband will work their last shifts at the Freightliner plant in Cleveland.
The couple will take their place among the 1,290 second-shift workers being laid off at the truck manufacturing plant. Their
prospects of ever returning are grim.
"This is not like previous layoffs when folks felt some certainty they'd be called back," said Jeanie Moore, vice president of
continuing education programs at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.
Read
More
Return to Top
