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Screwed: 258 at the United Space Alliance

By Olga Tchoumak ⋅ 9:38 am October 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

screws3A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.

Today’s total: 448

Some good news: Major U.S. corporations announce the fewest number of layoffs last month since March 2008.

United Space Alliance lays off 258 shuttle contractors, believed to be the beginning of a mass layoff of space-program employees…  In its third round of layoffs Texas Health Resources cuts 100 jobs… Covenant Health System has begun a second round of layoffs affecting 48 employees… 42 workers at the Watson Laboratories plant will be out of a job by the end of the year… Gill and Montague School Systems are in danger of facing layoffs pending a new budget… Layoffs possible in the Saginaw School District in Michigan.

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.

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