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Screwed: 2,500 at Israeli Manufacturers Association

A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.

The Israeli Manufacturers Association plans to layoff workers at 58 percent of Negev factories, totaling about 2,500 layoffs, by the end of the first quarter of 2009…Baker Hughes Inc.2 begins laying off 1,500 as part of a second round of cuts… Sunoco will give 750 the axe… Sidley Austin LLP cuts 229 positions, including 89 associates and staff attorneys, and 140 staffers… The loss of 200 positions is expected at Health Net Inc. as the company moves ahead with the outsourcing of IT positions… The city of Toledo, Ohio will layoff 75 police officers, effective May 1st… Dana Corporation makes temporary layoffs permanent for 26 Missouri employees… Eaton Corp. temporarily lays off 17 Kearney, Nebraska employees, effective today.

Read more about layoffs at the sites compiled on our layoff tracker page.