For employees of Big Blue in Vermont, it’s more blues. IBM confirmed yesterday that it’s laying off 100 temporary manufacturing employees at its Essex Junction plant.
Plant Spokesman Jeff Couture says contracts aren’t being renewed for the supplemental employees, who had worked at the plant for one to three years.
He said the layoffs would not affect the permanent work force. It’s the second round of layoffs in five months at the semiconductor plant. In June, the plant laid off 180 workers, including 70 short-term employees, dropping the employee tally to about 5,400, the lowest in more than two decades.
The company also will cut pay for some assembly line workers by up to 10 percent next year.