Published November
2001
Goodrich
plans fewer layoffs as customer demand improves
Herald
Business Journal Staff
Goodrich Corp. won't
be laying off as many Everett workers as anticipated, a spokeswoman recently
said.
The news came as
Goodrich announced plans to close 16 plants and cut 2,400 workers nationwide
about 10 percent of its workforce.
Goodrich announced
Sept. 24 that it planned to cut 400 to 450 workers here, nearly a quarter
of its Everett operation.
The company attributed
the decision to airline industry cutbacks following the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks. Airlines were parking planes at desert airports, which meant
they no longer were sending those planes in for maintenance and inspections
at Goodrich's Everett hangars.
Since then, "customer
demand has changed for the good," said spokeswoman Sherry Bergstrom. Goodrich
has already released 240 workers and expects "a handful more will be let
go," Bergstrom said Oct. 25. "But we will not get near the 400 mark."
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