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Screwed: 341 in West Corporation

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

Today’s Total: 405

The West Corporation, a telecommunications company in Harlingen, Texas, is laying off 341 workers… First Industrial Realty  Trust Inc is laying off 46 employees and closing four offices… Sierra Conservation Center expects 18 employee layoffs… Funcom is laying off 20 percent of its workforce with the heaviest cuts occurring in their Norwegian home offices… Princeton University staff is facing imminent layoffs after the school’s endownment declined by 23 percent.

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