Dell to Clarify North Carolina Layoffs

Dell Computer, which received $37 million in incentives to create jobs in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will report to the city the details of two recent rounds of layoffs at its factory.

Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines called the meeting, after Dell wouldn’t reveal many people lost their jobs.

Dell launched the Winston-Salem plant in 2004, after state and local governments offered incentives worth at least $280 million. Dell has invested more than $100 million in the plant, which must employ 1,700 workers by September 2010 to keep receiving payments.

In 2008, the plant employed 1,400.