Caterpillar, Inc. Layoffs Include Aurora

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Mar 18, 2009 6:00PM

Among the 2,200 layoffs Caterpillar, Inc. announced yesterday, a total of 1,526 will come from Illinois, including 815 from its hydraulic excavators plant located in Aurora. Of those, 665 will be production workers and 150 will be management and support positions. The layoffs will begin in June and will continue through the end of the year. A memo sent to workers calls the layoffs "indefinite" but the company expressed hope that some of the positions cut may be recalled in the future. [Tribune]