Ford Plant Restricts Parking Access to Company-Made Vehicles
2006-01-27 11:13 (New York)
By Bill Koenig
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. managers told
employees at a Dearborn, Michigan, assembly plant this week that
they must drive company-produced vehicles if they want to use a
parking lot closest to the factory.
The decision was announced to Dearborn Truck assembly plant
workers on Jan. 23, company spokeswoman Anne Marie Gattari said.
That was the same day the Ford Motor disclosed plans to close
seven assembly plants and cut as many as 30,000 jobs over the
next six years in response to market-share losses to Toyota
Motor Corp. and other Asian automakers.
``The company leaves it up to the plant manager,'' Gattari
said of the parking policies. The new policy takes effect Feb.
1. Plant Manager Rob Webber informed employees at a ``town
hall'' meeting at the factory held immediately after the
company's announcement of the job cuts, she said.
Ford, which is also based in Dearborn, is cutting the jobs
and closing the plants amid losses in its North American auto
operations. Ford posted a pretax loss of $1.6 billion in North
America last year while recording overall net income of $2
billion for 2005.
The policy covers the parking lot nearest to the factory,
which produces F-150 pickup trucks. About 15 percent of the
plant's 2,800 employees have access to the lot, which requires a
special pass, she said. ``That 15 percent is who's affected,''
Gattari said.
Employees may park in the lot if they drive Ford-owned
European-based brands, she said. Those brands include Jaguar,
Land Rover and Volvo. Most employees park in a lot across Miller
Road from the plant and use an overpass to reach the factory.
The Detroit News reported the policy today. Ford shares
fell 6 cents to $8.61 at 11:05 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange
composite trading.
--Editor: Versical
Story illustration: To see a regional distribution of Ford
revenue, see {F US <Equity> DES7 <GO>}.
To contact the reporter of this story:
Bill Koenig in Southfield, Michigan, at (1) (248) 827-2943
or wkoenig@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Dave Versical at (1) (248) 827-2944 or
dversical@bloomberg.net
2006-01-27 11:13 (New York)
By Bill Koenig
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. managers told
employees at a Dearborn, Michigan, assembly plant this week that
they must drive company-produced vehicles if they want to use a
parking lot closest to the factory.
The decision was announced to Dearborn Truck assembly plant
workers on Jan. 23, company spokeswoman Anne Marie Gattari said.
That was the same day the Ford Motor disclosed plans to close
seven assembly plants and cut as many as 30,000 jobs over the
next six years in response to market-share losses to Toyota
Motor Corp. and other Asian automakers.
``The company leaves it up to the plant manager,'' Gattari
said of the parking policies. The new policy takes effect Feb.
1. Plant Manager Rob Webber informed employees at a ``town
hall'' meeting at the factory held immediately after the
company's announcement of the job cuts, she said.
Ford, which is also based in Dearborn, is cutting the jobs
and closing the plants amid losses in its North American auto
operations. Ford posted a pretax loss of $1.6 billion in North
America last year while recording overall net income of $2
billion for 2005.
The policy covers the parking lot nearest to the factory,
which produces F-150 pickup trucks. About 15 percent of the
plant's 2,800 employees have access to the lot, which requires a
special pass, she said. ``That 15 percent is who's affected,''
Gattari said.
Employees may park in the lot if they drive Ford-owned
European-based brands, she said. Those brands include Jaguar,
Land Rover and Volvo. Most employees park in a lot across Miller
Road from the plant and use an overpass to reach the factory.
The Detroit News reported the policy today. Ford shares
fell 6 cents to $8.61 at 11:05 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange
composite trading.
--Editor: Versical
Story illustration: To see a regional distribution of Ford
revenue, see {F US <Equity> DES7 <GO>}.
To contact the reporter of this story:
Bill Koenig in Southfield, Michigan, at (1) (248) 827-2943
or wkoenig@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Dave Versical at (1) (248) 827-2944 or
dversical@bloomberg.net
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