Posted AT 2:49 PM EST on 10/01/08
Magna plans layoffs at N.Y. plant, union says
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New Process Gear, a transmission parts maker owned by Canadian-based Magna International Inc., plans to lay off about 1,650 workers at its suburban Syracuse, N.Y., plant, union officials say.
More than 300 other employees were laid off Jan. 2 as the United Auto Workers continued negotiating a new contract with Magna.
Before the layoffs, the plant employed 2,700 people.
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