Freightliner laying off about 800 workers
MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. - Freightliner says it will lay off about 800 workers in North Carolina as part of an international reduction in workforce.
David Giroux with Freightliner's parent company, Daimler Trucks North America told local media outlets that about 600 workers are being laid off at the plant in Mount Holly on July 1.
The company will let about 200 workers go at a parts and logistics plant in Gastonia on June 24.
Giroux said the layoffs should be temporary.
Daimler expects a 15 percent drop in sales of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which are made in Mount Holly.
Mount Holly City Manager Danny Jackson said he's disappointed by the decision.
The vice president of the Mount Holly chapter of the United Autoworkers union would not talk about the layoffs.