Auto parts maker Delphi details shrinking UAW workforce

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Source: Associated Press

Auto parts maker Delphi details shrinking UAW workforce

The Associated Press
Published: July 7, 2007

TROY, Michigan: Struggling auto parts maker Delphi Corp.
expects to have as few as about 2,300 United Auto Workers
union members at its four remaining UAW plants by 2012, the
company said in a court filing.

That would be less than a tenth of the 24,000 UAW members
it employed when it filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005.

Since that filing, Delphi said its UAW membership has dropped
to about 17,000 due to buyouts and early retirements, and by
the end of this year, it expects to have 4,703 UAW employees
as it closes and sells plants. Total UAW employment could
drop to as low as 2,306 in 2012, it said this past week in the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court filing in New York.

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