ford motor co f has confirmed layoffs affecting about 3000 jobs mostly in the us and canada and has started to notify workers through internal email the wall street journal reported monday the auto maker said the cuts are effective sept 1 ford reportedly had been planning layoffs over the summer in connection with its pivot to electric vehicles and the restructuring it announced in march shares of ford dropped more than 5 in midmorning trading and are down 28 so far this year compared with losses of about 13 for the sp 500 index spx