Nissan Says About 1,000 US Staff Accept Early Retirement

Line workers spot weld parts of the frame on the flex line at Nissan Motor Co's automobile manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tenn., on Aug. 23, 2018. William DeShazer/Reuters

TOKYO—About 6 percent of Nissan Motor staff in the United States have accepted early retirement packages, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, as part of the struggling Japanese carmaker’s plan to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide.

Nissan had about 17,000 employees in the United States as of March, according to a security filing. Roughly 1,000 U.S. employees are set to leave Nissan by the end of this year as a result of the early retirements.