It's news workers at Honeywell in Freeport prefer to switch off. About 150 of them will lose their jobs. Some as early as Monday.

"We're pretty much riding what's going on in the overall market in this building in particular we serve a lot of the automotive industry I don't think it's any secret as to what's going on in that industry right now and the volumes we're seeing there, just overall with the overall economy depression, we feed right into that," says Honeywell Director of Operations, Sensing and Control, John Martinson.

Monday is D-Day for 90 workers at Plants One and Four, which make switches and sensors for things like airplanes and alarm clocks. They'll be paid through August 10th. Then later in the year, another 58 positions will be slashed, some are expected to be taken care of through attrition and early retirement.

"We're under significant pressure and some of those products are being transitioned to some of our facilities in other regions. We have facilities in Mexico and China as well," says Martinson.

Freeport Mayor George Gaulrapp says the city has offered Honeywell incentives such as reimbursing their training costs to keep them in town. And hopes maintaining an open dialog could help save future jobs.

"We know we work in a global economy we know we have to do everything possible to separate ourselves from other communities so jobs come in and not go out," he says.

City leaders are also working to attract more mid-sized manufacturers, ones that could help Freeport switch its direction away from growing unemployment.

We were unable to speak to any Honeywell manufacturing workers on camera due to their fears of retaliation. But off camera some told me they worry seniority won't be factored in when determining who gets to keep their jobs. Honeywell spokespeople were vague in describing who will stay on board. They say they're looking for someone with a particular skill set and won't keep someone solely based on their experience.

Honeywell spokespeople say there are no intentions for all four of their plants to move out of Freeport. They say they'll continue making products that serve the medical, automotive and aerospace industries. About a thousand people currently work at the Freeport facilities.