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Chrysler cutting 1,825 jobs with moves at 2 plants
By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
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DETROIT -- Chrysler will cut 1,825 jobs by eliminating one shift at a Toledo Jeep plant and accelerating the closure of its sport utility vehicle factory in Newark, Del., because of the slowing global economy and a shift toward smaller vehicles, according to The Associated Press.
About 825 workers at the Toledo North Assembly Plant will be laid off indefinitely as of Dec. 31. The Newark closure also will be effective at the end of the year and affect about 1,000 jobs, the company said Thursday in a news release.
The cuts are about 6 percent of Chrysler's U.S. hourly work force of 33,000.
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