Volkswagen layoffs 500

Volkswagen layoffs in Chattanooga marked by surprise, regret | timesfreepress.com

Jason Hamilton, a contract worker at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant for the past 20 months, said Thursday he had quit a higher-paying job so he could assemble cars at the factory.
"I thought it was going to be a better opportunity," said Hamilton, who learned he is one of about 500 VW plant employees being laid off.
The automaker told contract employees supplied by Aerotek that it is cutting 15 percent of the workforce. VW uses the staffing agency to screen, hire and provide temporary production jobs in the plant.