RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: On Wednesdays, we focus on the workplace. Today, more buyouts in Detroit.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: Delphi says lower-paid temp workers will take up the slack for now as the company closes or sells off 21 of its 29 plants.
More than 1,400 Delphi employees this week accepted buyouts as the troubled auto-parts supplier continues to close or sell off 21 of its 29 plants. By the end of the year, Delphi will have decreased its workforce by more than two-thirds.