Chrysler workers have taken to calling it the "Valentine's Day massacre."
They are referring to Wednesday's restructuring announcement from Chrysler, one that some analysts say could cost 10,000 production workers their jobs.
As workers await the news, rumors fly: Two plants to be shut down; buyout or early retirement offers similar to what Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. did to reduce their hourly work forces; flat-out layoffs.
"We hear they're going to call it the Valentine's Day massacre," said Steve Laube on Monday, as he and other laid-off workers reported to "jobs bank" duty, for which they'll get most of their pay to perform community service work or sometimes just hang around the union hall.
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