New York — US car maker Ford is poised to cut thousands of jobs worldwide, with reductions expected to total about 10% of its global workforce, The Wall Street Journal reported late on Monday. A source confirmed to AFP that huge job cuts were planned at Ford in the coming days, affecting as many as 20,000 salaried workers. However, this was not expected to affect the SA operation which in 2016 completed a multi-billion Rand upgrade. The US’s second-largest car maker, Ford currently employs about 202,000 workers worldwide.
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