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

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


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Ford says 38,000 workers have accepted buyout or early retirement
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(NYSE:F) said Wednesday that about 38,000 of its hourly production workers have accepted buyouts or early-retirement offers so far this year.
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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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