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Screwed: 1,000 at Alcatel-Lucent

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

Today’s Partial Total: 2,464

Alcatel-Lucent plans to layoff 1,oo0 employees in France…New Zealand Post is set to let 400 employees go…Corus is planning another round of layoffs, this time affecting 366 workers…PPD is due to eliminate 270 jobs…International Game Technologies plans to cut 161 jobs…Vale Inco is set to layoff 140 workers worldwide…Vandalia Correctional Center plans to layoff 127 employees.

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Tags: economy, employers, layoffs, The Unemployed Life