
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, August 21, 1993                   TAG: 9308210119
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: EVENDALE, OHIO                                LENGTH: Short

GE TO CUT 4,000 JOBS IN JET-ENGINE DIVISIONS

General Electric Co.'s jet engine division more than doubled the previous number of projected job cuts Friday, saying it will eliminate 4,000 additional positions by early next year.

The airline industry's slump and defense budget cuts forced the new cutbacks, which mostly will affect salaried workers, GE Aircraft Engines said.

Earlier this year, GE said it would eliminate 3,900 jobs in the division. All told, the cuts would reduce employment by 25 percent, to 22,000 jobs.

The cuts have been felt throughout GE's aircraft engine division, which has a dozen plants across the country. At least half of the newest reductions will be done at the headquarters plant in Evendale, a Cincinnati suburb, with the rest spread worldwide.

by CNB