Chrysler Plant Detroit Unemployment. Under the deal, a program called detroit at work was created to help residents land a job. To make room for the new plant, the city of detroit turned over about 215 acres to fiat chrysler.
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Detroit—fiat chrysler on tuesday announced a us$4.5 billion plan that includes building the first new auto assembly plant in detroit in almost three decades and increasing its workforce in the area by about 6,500 jobs, an investment officials touted as an uncommon opportunity to revive the region’s economy. The motor city was once home to about a dozen massive auto production plants, but a rash of closures helped to push detroit’s unemployment rate to a peak of almost 29 percent a decade ago. To make room for the new plant, the city of detroit turned over about 215 acres to fiat chrysler.
The automaker expects to hire about 4,900 mostly production jobs at the new plant and a nearby facility, with pay starting at just over $17 per hour.
That’s building a massive new plant and a city where the unemployment rate is. Detroit — benny wilkinson had been out of a job since march when he received an email in august that fiat chrysler automobiles had hired him to work at its new plant on the city's east side. Fiat chrysler said it will spend $4.5 billion to build the first new auto assembly plant in detroit in almost three decades, boosting its workforce in the area by about 6,500 jobs. The motor city was once home to about a dozen massive auto production plants, but a rash of closures helped to push detroit’s unemployment rate to a peak of almost 29 percent a decade ago.
