Archive for November, 2006

Early Retirement - Blue-collar exodus brings new challenges - DetNews.com

Thursday, November 30th, 2006


DetNews.com, MI - 10 hours ago
with full benefits. Special early retirement : Workers are eligible at age 50, with at least 10 years of service. Those who take
For workers, it's end of the line DetNews.com
Many workers worry Ford may fold if big bet backfires Grand Haven Tribune
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Even the thrifty face risk of too-early retirement
Newark Star Ledger,  USA - Nov 25, 2006
BY KARIN PRICE MUELLER. Allison, 51, and Henry, 47, have two grown children, and now they're focusing on their future. They want

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DETROIT - Ford Motor Co.’s hourly work force is shrinking to half its current size, following the announcement Wednesday that 38,000 hourly workers have agreed to accept early retirement or buyout packages. … read more

DETROIT Almost half of Ford Motor Co. s hourly production workers 38,000 so far this year have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers as the nation s second biggest automaker shrinks in the face of multibillion-dollar losses and fierce competition from Asian carmakers. … read more


Lincoln Journal Star
Ford says 38,000 have accepted buyout or early retirement offers
Boston Herald, United States - 5 hours ago
force is shrinking to half its current size, following the announcement Wednesday that 38,000 hourly workers have agreed to accept early retirement or buyout
Ford Motor says 38,000 have accepted buyouts, early retirement Roanoke Times
Ford: 38,000 have accepted buyout or early retirement offers ABC7Chicago.com
About 38,000 Ford workers accept buyout or early retirement offers 570 News
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Early retirement plans
Sportsnet.ca, Canada - Nov 24, 2006
t you ever heard someone say or even thought to yourself: If I made millions of dollars like pro athletes do, I'd just kick back and enjoy early retirement.

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DETROIT Ford’s hourly work force is shrinking to half its current size, following the announcement Wednesday that 38,000 hourly workers have agreed to accept early retirement or buyout packages this year. … read more

Early Retirement - Early retirement plans - Sportsnet.ca

Thursday, November 30th, 2006


Sportsnet.ca, Canada - Nov 24, 2006
t you ever heard someone say or even thought to yourself: If I made millions of dollars like pro athletes do, I'd just kick back and enjoy early retirement.

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Clear Lake School Board to revamp early retirement proposal
Mason City Globe Gazette, IA - Nov 28, 2006
CLEAR LAKE A proposed early retirement incentive plan will be revamped after none of the eligible Clear Lake School District employees expressed an

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Auburn Citizen
Ford Motor says 38,000 have accepted buyouts, early retirement
Roanoke Times, VA - 5 hours ago
DETROIT — Almost half of Ford Motor Co.'s hourly production workers — 38,000 so far this year — have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers as the
Ford says 38,000 workers have accepted buyout or early retirement CBC News
FORD SAYS 38,000 WORKERS HAVE ACCEPTED BUYOUTS OR EARLY RETIREMENT ABC News
Ford says 38,000 have accepted buyout or early retirement offers International Herald Tribune
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DETROIT - Ford Motor Co.’s hourly work force is shrinking to half its current size, following the announcement Wednesday that 38,000 hourly workers have agreed to accept early retirement or buyout packages. … read more

DETROIT - Almost half of Ford Motor Co.’s hourly production workers - 38,000 so far this year - have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers as the nation’s second biggest automaker shrinks… … read more

Early Retirement - Ford says 38,000 workers have accepted buyout or early retirement offers so far this year (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Posted: 8:47 AM- DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers so far this year. The figure includes approximately 30,000 buyouts during the open enrollment period that concluded late Monday, plus about 8,000 who took deals offered at limited plants earlier this year. … read more

Even the thrifty face risk of too-early retirement
Newark Star Ledger,  USA - Nov 25, 2006
BY KARIN PRICE MUELLER. Allison, 51, and Henry, 47, have two grown children, and now they're focusing on their future. They want

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DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) said Wednesday that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early-retirement offers so far this year. … read more


Ledger Independent
Ford says 38,000 have accepted buyout or early retirement offers
International Herald Tribune, France - 15 hours ago
AP. DETROIT: Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers so far this year.
Ford says 38,000 workers have accepted buyout or early retirement CBC News
FORD SAYS 38,000 WORKERS HAVE ACCEPTED BUYOUTS OR EARLY RETIREMENT ABC News
Ford: 38,000 have accepted buyout or early retirement offers ABC7Chicago.com
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Early Retirement - Ford says 38,000 workers have accepted buyout or early retirement offers (Canadian Business)

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) said Wednesday that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early-retirement offers so far this year. … read more

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers so far this year. The figure includes approximately 30,000 buyouts during the open enrollment period that concluded late Monday, plus about 8,000 who took deals offered at limited plants earlier this year. Faced with lower demand for its products, Ford had … read more

Thorpe's early retirement makes a splash in China
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - Nov 22, 2006
Ian Thorpe's retirement at 24 has been felt strongly in China which stands to lose one of the great box office draws for the 2008 Games.

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Early Retirement - Ford Says 38,000 Have Accepted Buyout Or Early Retirement Offers (ClickOnDetroit)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Ford Motor Co. says that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers. … read more

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers so far this year. The figure includes approximately 30,000 buyouts during the open enrollment period that concluded late Monday, plus about 8,000 who took deals offered at limited plants earlier this year. Faced with lower demand for its products, Ford had … read more

_ Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday about 38,000 hourly workers who belong to the United Auto Workers union, or 46 percent of its total workforce, have accepted its early retirement packages this year. … read more


The Times and Democrat
Ford says 38,000 workers have accepted buyout or early retirement
CBC News, Canada - 2 hours ago
(NYSE:F) said Wednesday that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early-retirement offers so far this year.
FORD SAYS 38,000 WORKERS HAVE ACCEPTED BUYOUTS OR EARLY RETIREMENT ABC News
Ford says 38,000 have accepted buyout or early retirement offers International Herald Tribune
Ford says 38,000 have accepted buyout or early retirement Kansas City Star
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DETROIT (AP) — Almost half of Ford Motor Co.’s hourly production workers — 38,000 so far this year — have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers as the nation’s second biggest automaker shrinks in the face of multibillion-dollar losses and fierce competition from Asian carmakers. … read more

Thorpe's early retirement makes a splash in China
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Nov 22, 2006
BEIJING, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe's retirement at 24, still sending shockwaves around his home country Australia, was felt

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Clear Lake School Board to revamp early retirement proposal
Mason City Globe Gazette, IA - Nov 28, 2006
CLEAR LAKE A proposed early retirement incentive plan will be revamped after none of the eligible Clear Lake School District employees expressed an

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Even the thrifty face risk of too-early retirement
Newark Star Ledger,  USA - Nov 25, 2006
BY KARIN PRICE MUELLER. Allison, 51, and Henry, 47, have two grown children, and now they're focusing on their future. They want

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Early Retirement - Ford buyouts (The Plain Dealer)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Ford Motor Co. has offered buyouts and early retirement packages to its U.S. production workers, who were to have decided on taking the plans by Monday night. Workers can, however, change their minds until the buyout packages take effect. … read more

75,000 Ford production workers are under deadline to decide whether or not to leave the company by taking buyouts or early retirement offers. … read more

Columbus Schools won't offer early retirement this year
Muscatine Journal, IA - Nov 21, 2006
Columbus, Iowa An early retirement program will not be offered in the Columbus School District this year, school board members agreed Monday.

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Thorpe's early retirement makes a splash in China
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Nov 22, 2006
BEIJING, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe's retirement at 24, still sending shockwaves around his home country Australia, was felt

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Early Retirement - Ford workers need to decide on early retirement offer - WZZM

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Ford workers need to decide on early retirement offer
WZZM, MI - Nov 27, 2006
75,000 Ford production workers are under deadline to decide whether or not to leave the company by taking buyouts or early retirement offers.
Ford retirement offer popular in Tri-State Cincinnati Business Courier
Deadline arrives on Ford offer Cincinnati Enquirer
Deadline passes for Ford workers to take buyout, retirement offers Pioneer Press
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Columbus Schools won't offer early retirement this year
Muscatine Journal, IA - Nov 21, 2006
Columbus, Iowa An early retirement program will not be offered in the Columbus School District this year, school board members agreed Monday.

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Thorpe's early retirement makes a splash in China
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - Nov 22, 2006
Ian Thorpe's retirement at 24 has been felt strongly in China which stands to lose one of the great box office draws for the 2008 Games.

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DETROIT Time is running out for 75,000 Ford Motor Co. production workers to make one of the biggest decisions they’ll ever have to make: Whether or not to leave the company by taking buyout or early retirement offers. … read more

Thorpe's early retirement makes a splash in China
China Daily, China - Nov 22, 2006
Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe's retirement at 24, still sending shockwaves around his home country Australia, was felt strongly in China which stands to

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Early retirement plans
Sportsnet.ca, Canada - Nov 24, 2006
t you ever heard someone say or even thought to yourself: If I made millions of dollars like pro athletes do, I'd just kick back and enjoy early retirement.

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75,000 Ford production workers are under deadline to decide whether or not to leave the company by taking buyouts or early retirement offers. … read more

Ford Motor Co. has offered buyouts and early retirement packages to its U.S. production workers, who were to have decided on taking the plans by Monday night. Workers can, however, change their minds until the buyout packages take effect. … read more

Travis Holdman, chairman of the board for Independent Alliance Banks (IAB), has announced his resignation and early retirement from the company. … read more

Early Retirement - Ford buyouts (The Plain Dealer)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Ford Motor Co. has offered buyouts and early retirement packages to its U.S. production workers, who were to have decided on taking the plans by Monday night. Workers can, however, change their minds until the buyout packages take effect. … read more

Thorpe's early retirement makes a splash in China
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - Nov 22, 2006
Ian Thorpe's retirement at 24 has been felt strongly in China which stands to lose one of the great box office draws for the 2008 Games.

… read more

Early Retirement - Decision-time for Ford workers extended 24 hours (WAVY 10)

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

DETROIT (AP and WAVY News) — Time’s not quite up for 75-thousand Ford Motor Company production workers on one of the biggest decisions they’ll ever have to make: Whether to leave the company by taking buyout or early retirement offers. … read more

Columbus Schools won't offer early retirement this year
Muscatine Journal, IA - Nov 21, 2006
Columbus, Iowa An early retirement program will not be offered in the Columbus School District this year, school board members agreed Monday.

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Early Retirement - Deadline nears on Ford buyouts, early retirement packages (Middletown Journal)

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Ford Motor Co. has offered buyouts and early retirement packages to all its U.S. production workers. They must decide on taking the plans by Monday, but they can change their minds until the packages take effect. … read more

Even the thrifty face risk of too-early retirement
Newark Star Ledger,  USA - Nov 25, 2006
BY KARIN PRICE MUELLER. Allison, 51, and Henry, 47, have two grown children, and now they're focusing on their future. They want

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New legislation restricting early retirement was passed by Parliament yesterday in a bid to encourage employees in their late 50s to remain in the workforce until the legal retirement age of 62. … read more

Early retirement plans
Sportsnet.ca, Canada - Nov 24, 2006
t you ever heard someone say or even thought to yourself: If I made millions of dollars like pro athletes do, I'd just kick back and enjoy early retirement.

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The Spokesman Review
Ford workers need to decide on early retirement offer
WZZM, MI - 14 hours ago
75,000 Ford production workers are under deadline to decide whether or not to leave the company by taking buyouts or early retirement offers.
Deadline Looms for Ford Workers Houston Chronicle
Deadline passes for Ford workers to take buyout, retirement offers Pioneer Press
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Thorpe's early retirement makes a splash in China
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - Nov 22, 2006
Ian Thorpe's retirement at 24 has been felt strongly in China which stands to lose one of the great box office draws for the 2008 Games.

… read more

'Thorpedo' decides on early retirement
The Spokesman Review, WA - Nov 21, 2006
Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe retired from competitive swimming today at the age of 24, saying breaking records "wasn't as inspiring as it should have

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Columbus Schools won't offer early retirement this year
Muscatine Journal, IA - Nov 21, 2006
Columbus, Iowa An early retirement program will not be offered in the Columbus School District this year, school board members agreed Monday.

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Time is running out for 75,000 Ford Motor Co. production workers to make one of the biggest decisions they’ll ever have to make: Whether or not to leave the company by taking buyout or early retirement offers. … read more