The Working World

Screwed: 1,500 at American Apparel

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

Today’s Total: 5,087

American Apparel will cut 1,500 illegal workers from its downtown Los Angeles factory… Continental Automotive Systems will lay off 1,000 employees and close its plant in Huntsville, Ala… Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri announced plans to cut 1,000 state workers… Suncor will lay off 1,000 employees after a merger with Petro-Canada… BAE Systems will cut 360 staff members from its operation in Santa Clara, Calif… The Archdiocese of Detroit will lay off 77 workers… 63 employees of Aurora, Ill. will be laid off… Store Kraft Manufacturing will “temporarily” cut 60 production employees from its Beatrice, Neb… Microsoft will lay off 27 workers from offices in Redmond and Bellevue, Wash…

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