Caterpillar Starts Rolling Layoffs in Pontiac MyStateline.com, IL (Pontiac) -- Workers at the Caterpillar plant in Pontiac are going to be taking some time off this spring, even if they donĘt want to. The heavy equipment giant is moving ahead with a plan to shutdown its Pontiac plant for weeks at a time. ... Caterpillar may lay off undetermined number of workers in Pontiac ... What?s up with Cat?s workers? Caterpillar to lay off about 50 from Pontiac plant |