The Romanian unit of Ford informed a selection of its employees in the engine department of its factory in Craiova that it would be putting them on ‘technical unemployment’. Technical unemployment is a measure taken due to a worldwide decrease in the demand for vehicles. The engines from Craiova are produced for vehicles that are assembled in various Ford plants across the world. The automobile manufacturer currently has about 6,300 employees in Romania.
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