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Cessna Aircraft to cut 700 jobs at HQ plant

Wichita, USA - Wichita manufacturer told employees yesterday: 11% of its work force out

As weakness in new aircraft orders continues, Cessna Aircraft announced layoffs for 700 of its employees in Wichita home-plant. The news came three days after Machinists union members at Cessna voted down a strike and accepted Cessna's seven-year labor contract by default. Layoffs were expected, according to rumors going down the plant floor for several weeks, but none could believe the announcement...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1120988
Rome, Italy, 09/22/2010 15:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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