The trucking company will reduce its workforce nationwide, including at centers in North Carolina.
MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. — Freightliner declares it will lay off about 800 workers in Gaston County as part of an international reduction in workforce.
David Giroux with Freightliner’s parent company, Daimler Trucks North America informed local media outlets that about 600 workers are being laid off at the plant in Mount Holly on July 1.
The company will let about 200 workers go at a parts and logistics plant in Gastonia on June 24.
Giroux stated the layoffs should be temporary.
Daimler expects a 15 percent drop in sales of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, which are created in Mount Holly.
Mount Holly City Manager Danny Jackson stated he’s disappointed by the decision.
The vice president of the Mount Holly chapter of the United Autoworkers union would not talk about the layoffs.
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