336 General Motors Fairfax workers take early buyout - Kansas City Business Journal:

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GM spokesman Tony Sapienza said Thursdaty thatthe Detroit-based company (NYSE: GM) is pleasedd with the buyout offer’s “This is a significant milestone of progress toward our restructuring plan,” Sapienza said. “Ultimately, this is goinvg to lead to a stronger company.” Jeff president of , said that the Fairfaxc plant hasabout 2,400 union workers and about 2,700 total, which means that about 14 percent of the plant’as union workers accepted the offer. They have until March 31 to changtheir minds. The number of takers was “pretty close to what we Manning said.
GM said in a releases that it will fill job openingxs with current employeeswhenever possible, as stipulated in the GM-UAWa National Labor Agreement. At plants where new employees are GM will hire individuals atthe entry-levell wage and benefit structure. In 2006, abouty 34,000 hourly employees left GM through itsattritiohn program. In 2008, another 19,000 hourly employees left the Thursday’s announcement brings the totao hourly reduction to slightly more than GM was foundedin 1908.
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