REPORT: GM to shed 1,600 white-collar jobs by May 1
According to General Motors spokesman Tom Wilkinson, the struggling automaker will shed 1,600 white-collar jobs by May 1 as part of its continuing restructuring efforts. The cuts, which are scheduled to begin this week, are part of a larger action to shed 3,400 white-collar jobs this year.
Details about what brands and/or aspects of GM's business will be most affected by the headcount reduction are not being disclosed at this time. According to the AFP news bureau, GM has thus far reduced its workforce globally by some 47,000 jobs (26,000 of which are outside of the U.S.), and it presently has about 200,000 employees.
[Source: AFP via Google | Image: Bill Pugliano/Getty]
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Luis 3:30PM (4/20/2009)
Detroit looks so sad.
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ferrarilambo94 3:10PM (4/20/2009)
dude, that street is fixed now.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+e+jefferson+ave,+Detroit,+MI&sll=42.330385,-83.040097&sspn=0.006147,0.009656&ie=UTF8&g=300+e+jefferson+ave,+Detroit,+MI&layer=c&cbll=42.331517,-83.0418&panoid=WxgLBhTsQt-E2M3qm86nAA&cbp=11,162.2990948152757,,0,-13.670918443160768&ll=42.323778,-83.006344&spn=0.034268,0.131836&z=13&iwloc=A
alex 4:38PM (4/20/2009)
ferrarilambo, you're on the wrong side of the building... and on the wrong street. here it is:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+e+jefferson+ave,+Detroit,+MI&sll=42.330385,-83.040097&sspn=0.006147,0.009656&ie=UTF8&g=300+e+jefferson+ave,+Detroit,+MI&layer=c&cbll=42.33351,-83.029678&panoid=d8_bXQ742CeIxS5j742dhw&cbp=11,236.2313272635796,,0,-5.738636363636349&ll=42.333502,-83.029668&spn=0.004315,0.022659&z=16
but it is a good mile out from the heart of downtown, even if the perspective in the photo makes it look close.
Vincenzo 12:08PM (4/20/2009)
I love how you always manage to post the worst possible picture of detroit...like every other F-ing news journalist...Yes Det has problems, just like any other city. Any other city, also has decrepid areas, you wouldn't want to have a picnic in... Why not show some pictures from the beautiful waterfront GM totaly revitalized...
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why not the LS2LS7? 12:08PM (4/20/2009)
I think right now everyone's city is having problems and they just want to pump themselves up by pointing out someone else has it worse.
A bunch of trolls were saying (during a Wings game) that the whole state of Michigan will be a ghost town soon since the state has 12% unemployment. Personally, I found that rather low since I'm in Silicon Valley and the unemployment in our "city" (Silicon Valley isn't really one city) is 11%. Given the cost of living out here, 11% jobless in this area will be far more devastating to people than 12% unemployment in Michigan.
Ben 12:12PM (4/20/2009)
True or False: I can buy a house in Detroit for $2K.
TRUE
'Nuff said
why not the LS2LS7? 12:22PM (4/20/2009)
See, Ben is a great example.
Luis 12:25PM (4/20/2009)
Are there throngs of people on that waterfront?
Our downtown Boston streets don't look like Detroit's.
artso06 12:28PM (4/20/2009)
I'm not really sure how this is a bad depiction of Detroit. Maybe its a reality check that Detroit is that run down??? These aren't pictures in the 8 mile, these are pictures right down the road from GM. Detroit is a city without major progress, and it finally has caught up with them (cobo center, surrounding area, etc...). I wish i could defend the city, i really do, its just out of every major US city i have been to (i've been to a good % in the US) Detroit still looks like Gotham City to me
caddy-v 12:31PM (4/20/2009)
-Luis,
I'd much rather live in the worst slums of America than to live 500 miles near the likes of YOUR Barney Fwank.
alex 12:40PM (4/20/2009)
@Louis: would you classify these as "throngs"?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/newspapermann/1072978561/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/newspapermann/1073831094/sizes/l/
probably half the time i tell people i'm from detroit, i see the person i'm talking to's lip curve up into a smug smile and i know what's coming next... some question about crime, poverty, jobloss, etc. It is absolutely disgusting that people get pleasure out of knowing that somewhere far away people are worse off than them and suffering. Why don't they just bust out a tap dance for slavery and the holocaust while they're at it?
ABUinAlba 12:50PM (4/20/2009)
Because either way it is still a dump.
mapoftazifosho 1:35PM (4/20/2009)
I live in Detroit and go to the ren-cen often...this is NOT the media playing up the negative image of Detroit...it sucks...it really sucks...stop crying about it...
BigWill 3:12PM (4/20/2009)
"I love how you always manage to post the worst possible picture of detroit"
IMHO Monica Conyers and the White Devil Eradication Brigade at Detroit City Hall do a much more complete job of making Detroit look bad.
Swede 11:57AM (4/20/2009)
Looks like Detroit is on a slippery slope
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Swede 11:57AM (4/20/2009)
It's only a question of time before it turns into Australia.
ksmith 12:38PM (4/20/2009)
That picture is fuxing with my head.
EU_reader 12:11PM (4/20/2009)
This picture sort of reminds me of Gotham city in 'batman begins' :)
A blend of old and traditional, low height buildings and modern day steel and glass high skyscrapers :)
It's a good picture, regardless of the 'supposed alterior motives' for posting it (don't be paranoid, guys) It evoques a pretty powerful contrast
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Ben 12:13PM (4/20/2009)
Every time I see a picture of Detroit, I can't help but to think that it is a photo of Gotham City.
why not the LS2LS7? 12:21PM (4/20/2009)
ulterior