General Electric slashing 12,000 jobs – By Associated Press (cbsnews.com) / Dec 7 2017
BOSTON — General Electric Co. will cut 12,000 jobs in its power division as alternative energy supplants demand for coal and other fossil fuels.
The company said Thursday that the cuts to both office and production jobs will help “right-size” GE Power, as traditional power markets, and volume of the fuels that power them, decline.
The company says reducing the number of positions will trim costs by $1 billion at GE Power in 2018.
Last month, GE announced it was slashing its dividend in half and that the conglomerate would narrow its focus to three key sectors – aviation, health care and energy. The company has said it will shed assets worth more than $20 billion in the next couple of years. It’s been paring businesses for over a decade now.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/general-electric-slashing-12000-jobs/
PB/TK – Really, alternative energy has supplanted coal and fossil fuels? I don’t see any wind turbines or solar panels on top of the US Steel building in Pittsburgh or Freedom Tower in New York. Haven’t any nuclear facilities being created either.
