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GE Solar, a branch of the General Electric Company, has announced the layoff of the second and third production shifts as well as some engineering staff at the its Newark, Delaware manufacturing site. About 86 employees were released, down from 200 total workers.
A spokesperson for GE said, “The market for the solar technology manufactured at the Newark, Delaware facility has seen a sudden and dramatic decline, which required us to align our output with the market demand. The Newark plant will continue to manufacture solar modules, but operations in this area will be reduced from three shifts to one shift, requiring fewer workers.”
The job losses at GE Solar were first revealed on Ed Gunther’s blog on March 27th.
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Looks like GE would rather spend their money on commericials touting their alternative energy expertise rather than spending any money actually making real alternative energy (solar) products. I guess GE should change the ‘ecomagination’ slogan to ‘ecomaginary’ to more accurately represent its current imaginary eco business. Of course, you can bet that GE is already first in line for Stimulus package green handouts from the Feds.