BF GOODRICH TO LAYOFF AS MANY AS 500

As many as 500 BFGoodrich employees in Allen County could be temporarily laid off next month.

A sign was posted Friday at the Woodburn, Ind., tire plant saying that "as many as 40 percent" of its employees would be laid off for two months, according to a report in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.

The plant wants to start making layoffs by week's end, but doubts management will be able to make them that soon.
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Similar notices were placed at the Tuscaloosa and Opelika plants in Alabama.

Between 1,250 and 1,300 people work at the Woodburn plant, with an annual payroll of about $69 million. Those temporarily laid off will remain under supplemental employment and medical coverage for eight weeks, the News-Sentinel reported.