Portland
Almost 2,000 white-collar workers at Freightliner were offered voluntary
buyouts. The company, owned by DaimlerChrysler, is cutting jobs
because of decreased demand for the heavy-duty trucks it
produces in Portland. The smaller number of orders is due in
part to new federal emissions standards for 2007 that
would increase production costs by 10% within the next year.
Freightliner will still make larger rigs for construction and
logging operations along with military trucks. Currently, the
company produces about 74 trucks per day.
