Ford will add 1200 jobs at Chicago factory to build 2011 Explorer production

About 1,200 jobs will be opened in Chicago when Ford Motor Co. starts making the Explorer sport-utility vehicle later this year, says a report from the Crain’s Chicago Business.

Ford executives, along with Gov. Pat Quinn, are expected to announce the Explorer production at 10 a.m. EST Tuesday at the plant near 130th Street. Crain’s first reported about this plan almost a year ago, saying that bringing the Explorer from Louisville, Ky., to the Chicago plant would be helped by recent tax credits that Quinn approved. The Torrence Avenue plant is expected to have a second shift again to accommodate production of the Explorer.
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commander104 - 1/27/2010 5:07:54 PM

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wow, judging by number of comments--nobody on autospies gives a rats tail about the explorer

TehShibbs - 1/27/2010 8:13:27 PM

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If there was a nail, you'd have hit it on the head.

Type707 - 1/27/2010 11:27:15 PM

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Hahaha...nice one.

LACMAN - 1/28/2010 10:08:44 AM

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I dont really care for the Explorer but I like the fact that its bringing jobs to my city. I just want to know how I would go about getting one of those jobs. Allstate is "down-sizing" and I want to be better safe than sorry.