JULY 20, 2020 — 450 WHITE-COLLAR EMPLOYEES AT NORTH CAROLINA HEADQUARTERS
The company has announced 450 management, supervisorial, and support layoffs, mostly at its Greensboro, North Carolina headquarters.
It does not appear that the custs will be expanded to unionized production workers located in Pennsylvania in the near future.
Apparently at the direction of their parent organization, The Volvo Group, and its planned reduction in force of 4,100 white-collar positions by year’s end.
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Greensboro, North Carolina-based Mack Trucks, a division of the Volvo Group and iconic manufacturer of heavy duty trucks, engines, and transmissions, has announced that the company is planning to lay off 305 union employees at its Mack Lehigh Valley Assembly facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania commencing on February 28, 2020. Voluntary layoffs may be offered to approximately 75 employees. The facility assembles all Mack trucks in North America.
In addition to the layoffs, Mack also is planning two down weeks in the first quarter 2020 and the second quarter 2020, a temporary layoff which will affect the majority of the plant and allow additional adjustments to inventory.
A company spokesperson noted, "We regret having to take this action, but we operate in a cyclical market, and after two years of extremely high volumes, we have to adapt to reduced market demand. The company expects the total North American truck market to be down nearly 30%, or about 100,000 trucks, in 2020.”
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