The Working World

Screwed: 2,600 at Ssangyong Motor

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

Today’s Partial Total: 5,677

Korea’s Ssangyong Motor recently finalized 2,600 layoffs…German utility company E.ON plans to cut 2,000 jobs…Ulster Bank is cutting 250 more jobs on both sides of the Irish border…Trinity Marine Products plans to layoff its entire staff of 235 employees and shut down operations…Crow Tribe is laying off 200 employees…Terex Corporation plans to layoff 170 workers in Cedar Rapids…Artex Aircraft is set to layoff 113 workers and close one of their facilities…Portland-based RM International plans to layoff 109 employees.

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

Tags: economy, employers, layoffs, Screwed, The Unemployed Life