Bah, Hummer!
AM General, under contract with General Motors to produce the Hummer H2, has announced the layoff of about 1/3 its Indiana workforce, or 160 employees, and just in time for Christmas.
In light of the upcoming holidays, the job cuts won’t take effect until January 2nd, 2007, so all 500 employees may attend the annual Christmas party.
Various company spokespeople were at a loss to explain why the public’s interest in the smaller, lighter Hummer H2, had waned over the last year or two. Considered a bargain at about $50,000 a pop, with average gas mileage in the mid-teens, it’s hard to imagine why anyone might consider buying anything else.
It may not be a total loss, because AM General’s primary business contract is producing unarmored (that part’s done overseas) Humvees for the military, so some of the 160 “outplaced” workers might be able to move to the nearby military Humvee plant.
Since the worker’s at that plant have recently threatened to strike, however, adding union employees seems unlikely.
In any event, the displaced Bah, Hummer-bugs will have a lot of company next year, with all the other laid-off workers from Ford, GM, Chrysler, etc.
Somebody pass the figgie pudding, please.
November 30th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Hello Tim,
Thanks for checking out my site!
I thought i would return the favour.
Englands car industry, is a case of what car industry? Every other month its another closure as the big wigs decide to relocate to sunnier(cheaper) climates!
Cheers
Claire
November 30th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
Claire,
It looks as if we had the British Century, the American Century, and now we’ll be having the Wherever It’s Cheaper Century.
Ah well. Change is good.
Right? ;-p
Thanks for stopping by!