Discussing upcoming lay-offs at the Swingline Manufacturing Co in Kansas City, KS due to a decrease in sales of twin bikes sold. Realtime Wheelers, Swingline 's competition along with other manufacturers of relational and dirt bikes have opened up bike shops in Japan, China, and Korea where they are able to employ labor at 40 percent less than what Swingline pays American labor. A drastic reduction in sales and profit has senior leaders examining what steps are needed to stay afloat and to keep the doors open. After months of consideration and a constant review of the company's financial records, Swingline executive office had determined that only way to survive at this point is to immediately reduce the company's workforce (currently there are 10 thousand employees on payroll) by 25 percent in all departments through layoffs. As you compose your message, be sure to keep in mind what you can and can't say about layoffs concerning revealing personnel information, the company's policies regarding layoffs, and the ethics of revealing the layoffs to a single employee or to all employees on the list