Update: The number is 115 in South Milwaukee alone, Fox 6 is reporting.
Not good news … here is the Milwaukee Business Journal story. From it …
Caterpillar spokeswoman Rachel Potts confirmed to The Business Journal that layoff notices went out to employees in South Milwaukee and Oak Creek as recently as last week, but she declined to indicate the types of positions and number of jobs cut.
Potts said the latest local layoffs are in addition to 260 production jobs cut in South Milwaukee during the summer.
“We stated in our second quarter financial results released in July that the company would be taking actions to reduce costs in the second half of the year,” Potts told The Business Journal. “The employee notifications in both Oak Creek/South Milwaukee and Decatur are included in those actions. We are not breaking out specific location totals or details.”
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