Nissan is cutting shifts at its Smyrna plant and offering buyouts to some employees. This is part of the Japanese company's plan to cut 9,000 workers.

Japan's Nissan Motor is offering buyouts to workers and cutting back shifts at three U.S. factories, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, as the automaker pushes to slash $2.6 billion in costs globally.

When it announced its recovery plan in November, Nissan didn’t give details on where the job cuts might come. The workforce reduction of 9,000 people amounts to about 6% of its more than 133,000 global employees. The company also plans to slash its global production capacity by 20%.

Nissan is cutting shifts at its Smyrna plant and offering buyouts to some workers. President Donald Trump began his White House briefing Thursday with a moment of silence and a prayer for victims of Wednesday's crash at Reagan National Airport.

The company is offering employees voluntary buyouts to reduce its workforce. Nissan will operate a single shift on one production line at each of its two U.S. facilities, located in Smyrna and Canton,