Job Cuts at Kentucky Explorer plant

As what auto reports reflect, Ford Motor Co., second-largest U.S. automaker, is certainly facing a decline in SUV sales. In connection to this plight, Ford plans to slash the production of Explorer SUV at the same time cut jobs at the Kentucky plant to reduce production costs. The reductions will take place before July next year. In an interview, Anne Marie Gattari, Ford's spokeswoman said, "It is likely we will take a capacity action." She further disclosed that a final decision had not been made and she could not specify how many jobs may be affected. Ford's Kentucky plant employs 3,380 individuals. It is the only factory that builds the Explorer SUV. It can be recalled that last March, Ford closed the St. Louis plant that also manufactures the Exp View the rest of this article