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Screwed: 300 at Gerdau Ameristeel

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

Today’s total: 519

Gerdau Ameristeel has notified 300 employees at its Sand Springs steel mill of impending layoffs… A Smithfield Foods Inc. subsidiary is laying off 117 employees in Texas… Wells Fargo is closing a mortgage processing center in Durham, laying off 62 workers in the process… Waynesboro’s Mohawk flooring plant will lay off up to 40 workers by friday…

Some good news: No more major layoffs for Fidelity Investments.

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