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Caterpillar Announces Additional Layoffs for Employees at Three Illinois Facilities

infomine - mining equipment and supplier news | February 03, 2009 | 2:07 pm

PEORIA, IL - To bring production levels in line with current demand, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today notified full-time production employees at its Aurora, Decatur and East Peoria, Illinois, manufacturing facilities of permanent layoffs. A total of 2,110 production employees...

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