Ford to lay off 600 Chicago workers

At least 600 part-time workers will be laid off as Ford Motor Co. cuts costs at its Chicago assembly plant amid U.S. sales declines, the automaker says. An unspecified number of hourly and salaried employees also will lose their jobs, the Dearborn, Mich., company said. It is likely cuts will spill over to Ford's Chicago Heights stamping plant, 30 miles south of the city, The Southtown Star of Tinley Park, Ill.,... [read full story]