Wednesday 14th February 2007
German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler said it planned to axe 13,000 jobs at its loss-making Chrysler subsidiary as part of a broad restructuring plan aimed at returning the US unit to profitability by 2009. The bulk of the job losses would affect union workers, with 9,000 hourly jobs eliminated in the United States and 2,000 in Canada.