Semiconductor giant Intel Corp., which employs 17,000 Oregonians, announced plans to cut its workforce by 10%, a total of 10,500 jobs.
Almost 2,000 white-collar workers at Freightliner were offered voluntary buyouts.
Rising housing prices in Central Oregon have caused a labor shortage in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties.
As Oregon’s recession bottomed out in 2003, Oregon employers faced significant shortages in skilled labor, despite the lower hiring activity of the previous three years.
