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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowInternational Truck and Engine Corp. plans to temporarily lay off hundreds of workers next week at its east-side engine plant, citing slumping demand for Ford trucks.
“It’s all driven by Ford demand, or lack thereof,” said Roy Wiley, spokesman for the Warrenville, Ill.-based engine maker. “High diesel fuel prices, the housing market – you name it.”
Officials of United Auto Workers Local 98 could not be reached for comment.
Laid-off workers will return the week of June 23, prior to a regularly scheduled three-week summer shutdown to begin June 30.
An unspecified number of workers in a machining shop and the company’s nearby casting plant would not be affected.
International supplies diesel engines to Ford Motor Co.’s Louisville truck assembly plant, which is closing for a month due to slowing demand.
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