The
company said Wednesday that it expects to use early retirement and
other buyout packages to cover most of the cuts. Most of the workers
will depart by the end of September.
The reductions will mostly be in
North America and the Asia Pacific region. The automaker's product
development unit and Ford Credit will be spared, as will operations in
Europe and South America, which have already cut staff, and Africa and
the Middle East, where Ford is trying to grow.
The reductions will mostly be in North America and the Asia Pacific region. The automaker's product development unit and Ford Credit will be spared, as will operations in Europe and South America, which have already cut staff, and Africa and the Middle East, where Ford is trying to grow.
The cuts do not include the hourly workers on the assembly lines at American factories, who have union protection. About 57,000 members of the United Auto Workers union work at the company.
General Motors and Fiat Chrysler have cut hourly jobs since the end of last year, as the first decline in U.S. auto sales since 2009 has resulted in excess inventories of new cars on dealer lots.
Read more: Ford cutting 1,400 jobs - May. 17, 2017
