Chrysler last night (2 February) confirmed it will add about 1,800 jobs at its Belvidere, Illinois assembly plant, including a third shift “and hundreds of jobs for the production of the new Dodge Dart”, by the third quarter of 2012.
The news was announced at a plant ceremony by chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne and followed an unconfirmed news report earlier this week which said 1,600 new jobs were coming.
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Chrysler had declined to comment ahead of the official announcement.
