Alcoa Inc., the Pittsburgh, Pa.-based aluminum maker and a major South Bay employer, said Tuesday that it plans to cut 13,500 jobs from its worldwide operations to deal with the global economic downturn.
The planned downsizing represents 13 percent of Alcoa's worldwide employment.
That is in addition to the elimination of 1,700 contractor positions and a global salary and hiring freeze, the world's third-largest aluminum maker said.
It was unclear how these measures would affect Torrance-based Alcoa Fastening Systems, which has five locations in and around Los Angeles County. About 1,100 people work at the Torrance location and another 300 at a site in Carson.
An Alcoa spokesman could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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