Automakers

Automakers are cutting 80,000 jobs globally as EV shift upends industry

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GM's U.S. hourly workers staged a 40-day-long strike this fall but managed to coax the company into keeping open only one of the four American factories the automaker plans to close.
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CHRISTOPH RAUWALD, DAVID WELCH and ANURAG KOTOKY
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Bloomberg
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December 04, 2019 05:48 PM

It’s turning out to be one of the worst years ever for auto workers across the globe amid shrinking demand and a tectonic shift in vehicle technology, with Daimler and Audi announcing almost 20,000 job cuts in just the past week.

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