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G.M. Will Cut 1,750 Jobs in Electric Vehicle Business (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@midwest.social

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The layoffs at factories in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee follow the elimination of a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars.

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[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

am i misremembering or did a few other major companies announce massive layoffs recently as well? shit is escalating.

[–] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

All this winning is making me tired

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it was like 100k people this week. Amazon, UPS, and a few others

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 1 points 7 months ago

...damn. they really want AI to replace us now, not later. they're cutting us out and investing more.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 3 points 7 months ago

General Motors plans to lay off 1,750 workers indefinitely in the coming months and an additional 1,670 temporarily as it reduces electric vehicle production, the automaker said on Wednesday.

damn. this is going to impact 3,420 jobs.