GM and Honda announce partnership, T-Mobile launches #Project10Million, and McDonald’s offers ‘Travis Scott’ meal

Also: Virgin Atlantic to lay off 1,150 employees, TD Bank showcases its efforts to support racial equality and diversity, Hawaiian Airlines eliminates change fees, and more.

Ragan Insider Premium Content
Ragan Insider Content

Hello, communicators:

Virgin Atlantic is the most recent organization to announce layoffs and will cut 1,150 jobs.

The BBC reported:

“Until travel returns in greater numbers, survival is predicated on reducing costs further and continuing to preserve cash,” it said.

… It said the past six months had been “the most challenging in Virgin Atlantic’s history”, and that “regrettably the airline must go further one last time with changes at scale, to ensure it emerges from this crisis”.

Here are today’s top stories: 

The two automakers plan to partner and “collaborate on a variety of segments in North America,” which includes the two companies sharing electric and internal combustion propulsion systems as well as other vehicle parts or entire models, which will then be sold under their respective brands.

In a statement filled with jargon, General Motors’ president, Mark Reuss, said:

To read the full story, log in.
Become a Ragan Insider member to read this article and all other archived content.
Sign up today

Already a member? Log in here.
Learn more about Ragan Insider.