The Working World

Screwed: 1,700 at Continental Airlines

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

Today’s partial total: 3,027

Continental Airlines will be eliminating 1,700 positions… 1,100 employees face possible layoffs in Hawaii’s United Public Workers and Goverment Employee Association… Washington D.C.’s Department of Mental Health is laying off 120 employees this summer… Microdyne Outsourcing Inc. plans to close a logistics center this fall, laying off 78 employees in the process… Arizona Attorney General’s Office is laying off 29, 12 attorneys and 17 staff…

Are you one of the Screwed? Check out Recessionwire’s Laid Off 101. Read more about layoffs at the sites compiled on our layoff tracker page.

Tags: employers, jobs, layoffs, The Unemployed Life