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Job Cuts in US – Ford is preparing to cut as many as 8,000 jobs in the coming weeks
Ford Motor Co. is preparing to cut as many as 8,000 jobs in the coming weeks as the automaker tries to boost profits to fund its push into the electric-vehicle market, according to people familiar with the plan. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story @ Ford Job Cuts: 8,000 Roles Set to … Continue reading
The Future of Work in the Automotive Sector – Deteriorating employment and working conditions.
This summary report on the future of work in the automotive sector focuses on the major changes facing the sector. These include: the rise of emerging economies, new mobilities, the “greening” of the product, and the digitalization of production. This is in order to identify the main challenges for employment and industrial relations and to … Continue reading
Automotive Jobs in Canada – Since 2001, more than 53,000 jobs have been lost
The automotive industry’s contributions to the Canadian economy have declined significantly compared to the years between the late 1990s and mid-2000s when automotive manufacturing accounted for eleven per cent of total manufacturing GDP (Sweeney, 2013). While employment in the automotive industry has decreased since 2000, and production capacity in several segments has declined, the industry … Continue reading
Car Industry in UK – 44,000 more jobs to 750,000
Britain’s booming automotive industry now employs three quarters of a million people after adding 44,000 jobs last year. Investment by manufacturers, demand for new models and companies in the supply chain bringing work home – known as “reshoring” – helped drive the increase, according to the data from trade body the Society of Motor Manufacturers … Continue reading
US / Top 10 Auto Repair Jobs In 2013
AutoMD.com today released its list of the Top Ten Auto Repair Jobs for 2013. Standard wear and tear jobs dominated, with Brake Pad replacement coming in at number one, and other cyclical repair jobs, such as Alternator, Water Pump, Timing Belt and Spark Plug replacement rounding out the list. The company also looked at the … Continue reading
Volkswagen / New plant in southern China will offer 6,500 skilled jobs
German auto giant Volkswagen AG on Wednesday opened a new plant that aims to produce 300,000 cars annually in Foshan city in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Continue reading
Russia / Automakers have cut jobs by 30% over 5 years
Over the past five years the number working in the Russian vehicle production fell by 29%. Output increased by 24% proving the sector has become more productive. Since April 2012 car manufacturers cut 5% of their work force bringing the total number employed to 244,000, business daily Vedomosti reports. Most jobs were cut after the … Continue reading
BC / The auto sector needs skilled labour
The Automobile Retailers Association and its industry partners have conducted a study to identify future labour needs of the sector. The research project took an industry “pulse check” to compare future labour demand with anticipated supply to see how they will align. The project identified a future gap in all employment areas in the automotive … Continue reading
Europe / Auto Market contracted in March
European new car sales contracted in March for an 18th consecutive month, industry data showed Wednesday, led by declines in Germany and France. New vehicle registrations in the European Union fell 10.2 percent in March from a year earlier, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association reported from Brussels, to 1.3 million vehicles from about 1.5 million … Continue reading
France / New labor deal at Renault
French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) has won support from workers for a nationwide deal on pay and conditions to boost its competitiveness as a second union gave its backing to the move on Wednesday. Force Ouvriere said in a statement that it had decided by a large majority to sign the new agreement “for a new … Continue reading
EU – Stimulating car industry
The European Union on Thursday launched an action plan to bolster the struggling car industry – its first concerted response to a worsening crisis that is hurting some of the continent’s biggest companies and endangering tens of thousands of jobs. Carmakers welcomed the plan’s long-term measures to support the sector but urged the EU to … Continue reading
GM | 700 jobs to be created at Ellesmere Port
General Motors is creating 700 jobs at its Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire along with hundreds more in the supply chain to build the new model of its Astra compact car in the latest fillip for Britain’s car industry. The US automaker is to invest £125m in the plant after its 2,100 workers agreed a … Continue reading
UK | Nissan new hatchback will create 1,000 jobs
Japanese car giant Nissan is to build a new hatchback at its UK plant, creating more than 1,000 jobs at the site and at component companies. The announcement was made by Prime Minister David Cameron and Nissan chief operating officer Toshiyuki Shiga, during a visit to Nissan’s headquarters in Yokohama, Japan on Tuesday. The new … Continue reading
Skills Gap | Car Maker | More jobs than job seekers
After laying-off tens of thousands of employees in 2009, automakers and engineering firms are racing to fill new positions. Paul Eisenstein writes on The Detroit Bureau that at a recent career fair, job openings weren’t in short supply – job seekers were. Or more precisely, qualified job-seekers. Source: Read More @ More jobs than job seekers, … Continue reading
GM | Job losses to come from its European business
The Guardian – GM would stick to a labour deal that limits factory closures before 2014, Girsky indicated nonetheless that there would be job losses from its European business. “We know in the future that there may not be the same amount of people here as there are today. It is important that we create … Continue reading
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