Shutdown of Chrysler plant hits Newark, Delaware

by wsws (reposted)

Tue, Feb 27, 2007 10:46AM

On February 14, Chrysler announced its decision to shut down the Newark, Delaware, assembly plant—firing 700 workers by the second quarter of this year and suspending operations by 2009. The shutdown is part of a restructuring plan that entails the destruction of 11,000 jobs in the US and a further 2,000 in Canada.

The 3.4-million-square-foot Newark assembly plant employs 2,100 people, all of whom will lose their jobs when the plant is idled. It produces the Dodge Durango and high-end Chrysler Aspen, both large SUVs that have sold poorly in recent years as customers have begun demanding more fuel-efficient vehicles. The plant recently underwent a $180 million retooling and boasts higher-than-average productivity levels. When it closes, there will be only one more operational auto plant left in the northeastern US, where as late as 1980 there were six.

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