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Screwed: 550 at ATK

By Olga Tchoumak ⋅ 9:26 am October 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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

Today’s Total: 1170

Some Good News: Fewer state layoffs are necessary in Vermont than expected.

Rocket maker ATK has laid off 550 workers in Utah… Blue Cross will let go 150 by year’s end…Boise Cascade is laying off 130 Oakdale workers by December 1st… Another round of layoffs at the Caterpillar Lafayette plant will start next month and affect 106 production employees… plant  Fisher Controls has laid off 79 Marshalltown employees and is closing it’s Portsmouth, N.H. plant… GE Money eliminates 65 jobs…Habbo Hotel is letting go 40…Los Angeles based 7 Studios lays off 30 employees… ABC News Radio lays off 20 staff in New York and Washington D.C.

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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