Tyco Electronics layoffs hit Greensboro, Winston-Salem plants
Tyco Electronics is cutting an undisclosed number of jobs in Greensboro and Winston-Salem, the company announced today.
The layoffs are part of an effort by Tyco to reduce its worldwide work force by 20,000 by the end of September.
Mike Ratcliff, communications manager for Tyco Electronics, said every local plant will be affected. Greensboro plants are on Piedmont Parkway, Pegg Road and Burgess Road. Winston-Salem's Reidsville Road campus will also be affected, he said.
North Carolina has 3,000 Tyco workers, the bulk of which are in the Triad, Ratcliff said.
Cuts will come from existing full-time workers, but a larger number will be through attrition and cuts of temporary workers and contract workers.
The layoffs are occurring amidst the global recession that is hitting all categories of Tyco's markets for electronic connectors. Those connectors are used in cars, household appliances and telecommunications equipment
The company headquarters is in Berwyn, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia.
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