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Ford Motor Co. will add 1,200 jobs at its Chicago assembly plant later this year to build the new Explorer sport utility vehicle, a person briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.
The company and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn are scheduled to make the announcement on Tuesday at the factory, but Quinn told reporters in Chicago on Monday that 1,200 new jobs were coming to Illinois.
"Tomorrow, in one day, we're going to get 1,200 new jobs for Illinois," Quinn said at a breakfast event that was unrelated to the Ford announcement.
The person briefed on the announcement said some of the workers will be from Ford's pool of employees laid off at other factories. The person did not want to be identified because the announcement has not been made.
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