This one is definitely a case of good news/bad news. The good news is that Michigan’s unemployment rate fell for the third straight month in Michigan. The bad news is that the .1% drop in unemployment brings it down to 14.6% from November’s 14.7%, and Michigan continues to have the highest unemployment rate [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 18, 2010
There was good news on Friday for experienced engineers seeking employment in Michigan. Tata Technologies Ltd announced that it will hire 200 engineers at its facility in Novi, Michigan by the end of 2010. Tata Technologies provides engineering services, product development information technology services and product management life cycle expertise to global OEMs. Salaries for newly [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 14, 2010
Several major automakers are ready to hire new employees as the Center for Automotive Studies predicts 2010 new auto sales will rise to 12.4 million after declining to 10.4 million in 2009. Auto labor expert Harley Shaiken says the hiring “…is encouraging. But it also reflects how far jobs sank in the industry.” Ford Motor [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 11, 2010
Ford Motor Company plans to invest $450 million to consolidate its electric car program in south east Michigan, bringing in approximately 1000 new jobs. The new jobs will primarily be in manufacturing lithium ion batteries, and some of these jobs are being brought to the US from Mexico. An additional 8000 jobs will be saved [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 17, 2009
Chrysler is investing $179 million into a plant in Dundee, Michigan, to manufacture engines for the Fiat 500 minicar. The expansion will bring 155new jobs and create an additional 418 indirect jobs with suppliers and other support businesses. Production of the new engines will begin 4th quarter of 2010, the company says. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 16, 2009
GlobalWatt, a solar panel manufacturer, has signed a lease in Saginaw, Michigan, and is prepared to start hiring up to 500 employees as early as first quarter 2010. The company is investing $177 million into the production line and will receive a $14 million dollar tax incentive project from the state. The city [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 8, 2009
DTE Energy is upgrading it’s plant in Monroe, Michigan, investing $900 million in two projects that will bring as many as 900 construction jobs to the region over the next few years. The first project, scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2010 will add scrubbers to the coal burning plant, cutting sulfur [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
Amway is cutting 93 jobs in North America and reconsolidating its finance department. The reconsolidation will take place at its operations center in Costa Rica, where some new jobs will be created as a result. Most of the job cuts will be at its headquarters in Ada, Michigan. The company is hoping to reduce [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
Metavation, a producer of parts for the automotive industry, has announced that 122 workers will lose their jobs due to the closure of a plant in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Employees were notified on Friday about the closure. Metavation will be consolidating their facilities. Most of the lines will be transplanted to a plant in Mt. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 2, 2009
The Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, based in Plano, Texas, will close one of its bottling plants in Holland, Michigan at the end of this year. The closing of the plant will eliminate 90 jobs. The plant does contract bottling for other companies and one of its main customers, Gatorade, has decided to do [...]
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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