Various media reports are saying the Chrysler bankruptcy filing includes plans to close the Kenosha Engine Plant in October of 2010.
Says CNN:
Company spokesman Ed Garsten said the company is not announcing job cuts as part of the filing. He said the company could transfer these workers to new facilities depending on how fast it starts production of new Fiat cars for the North American market.”
It’s not the employment force it once was, but many of those west of the I still have ties to the plant as current employees or as retirees.
[...] Rep. Samantha Kerkman issued the following statement regarding the planned closing of Chrysler’s Kenosha Engine Plant in 2010. The recent news coming from Chrysler has dealt another major blow to the state of Wisconsin, [...]
[...] In fact, bankruptcy documents filed by the company show Chrysler intended all along to close the Kenosha plan… [...]
[...] the Kenosha Engine Plant, which employs about 700 people including may west of the I residents, would close in 2010. The assumption was that it would not be included in Fiat’s pending purchase of Chrysler [...]