BREAKING: Intel Rio Rancho Employment Falls to 1900

BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Employment at Intel’s Rio Rancho plant fell to 1,900 people at the beginning of the year, a drop of 400 people from the beginning of 2015, the company said Tuesday. Those lost positions were the result of retirements, relocations and resignations, and not layoffs, Intel’s Rio Rancho plant spokeswoman Natasha Martell Jackson told ABQ Free Press. The Rio Rancho plant had 5,500 employees in the mid-2000s. Intel announced Tuesday that it is cutting 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent from its worldwide workforce, by mid-2017. The company did not give specifics about those cuts and it did not say how they would affect the Rio Rancho facility. The company laid off employees last year, but did not say how many or which facilities were affected. The Rio Rancho plant hasn’t had a major upgrade since 2009 and there has been speculation that the plant could close soon.  

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Intel Announces Plans to Reduce Work Force

Transition’s Effects in N.M. Unclear

BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Intel Corp. said Tuesday that it will eliminate 12,000 jobs worldwide by mid-2017, an 11 percent reduction in its work force. Those reductions are part of Intel’s attempts to transform itself “from a PC company to one that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices,” the company said. The cuts will come “through site consolidations worldwide, a combination of voluntary and involuntary departures, and a re-evaluation of programs,” Intel said. What those cuts will mean to Intel’s Rio Rancho plant wasn’t clear. The plant employed 2,300 people at the beginning of 2015, down from 5,500 in the mid-2000s. Intel hasn’t made an investment in the Rio Rancho plant since 2009, and there has been speculation that it could soon close the facility that opened in 1980. Intel said it will inform affected employees over the next 60 days about whether they’ll have jobs. The workforce reductions will save the company $750 million this year and $1.4 billion a year by mid-2017, Intel said. On Wednesday, Intel will tell Sandoval County officials how many people were employed at the Rio Rancho facility at the beginning of this year.

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New Mexicos Best Alternative Newspaper Announces New Events Calendar

Albuquerque, MN – The ABQ Free Press recently disclosed the company website has incorporated a new events calendar. The events calendar will help local Albuquerque residents to easily keep track of upcoming events and festivities in their communities. According to a spokesperson for the newspaper, the new events calendar will be an integral part of their long term plan. “Our new events calendar will cover all the pertinent stuff that takes place in and around New Mexico,” says spokesperson Joshua Simpson. “Interested parties may also submit their events a month prior to publication, and we’re confident this will be a valuable resource for our readers and event organizers as well.” Among the most notable upcoming scheduled events lined up is entitled Remnants: Photographs from the Disfarmer Studio. Scheduled to take place from March through June this year, the event takes a mesmerizing look into the material history of portraits acquired from the Mike Disfarmer studio. Though the photographer holds a posthumous fame, each photograph from his studio has a rich and storied life. This event allows guests a look at some of that rich history, from darkroom to museum archive. “This is a great event for art lovers and those fond of the history behind that art,” Simpson says. Another exciting event showcased by the events calendar is the Lightning Speaks exhibit. The exhibit culminates on the 14th of May, exploring various ways in which visual and aural converge or diverge. Raven Chacon (of the Navajo Nation, AZ) is the focus of the exhibit, as he works with sound and image in complex ways. The exhibit will showcase both his own work as well as the work of collaborators. “As you can see, the ABQ Free Press events calendar is all about keeping you updated,” Simpson says. “The calendar was created to help bring the community together as well. We’ve reasoned that if people had better access to the list of local events, they’d be more likely to attend those events and experience things that they otherwise would have missed. That’s why we’ve made it our goal to be sure that if something’s happening in New Mexico, you’ll be the first to know.”

Raven Chacon – ABQ Free Press
About the ABQ Free Press The ABQ Free Press is the leading alternative newspaper in New Mexico, covering everything from state and local events to the arts, entertainment and everything in between. For more details and information please visit the official website at http://www.freeabq.com/. About Company: ABQ Free Press 1330 San Pedro Blvd NE Suite 202 Albuquerque, New Mexico (505) 345-4080 http://www.freeabq.com/event-directory/event-calendar/

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