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Screwed: 2,500 at UBS

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

Today’s Total: 6,595

UBS anticipates slashing another 2,500 jobs in addition to large cuts the company has already made this year… Mining company Harmony Gold plans to shut down several mine shafts and reduce its workforce by 2,000 people internationally… Dell is shutting its plant in Forsyth, N.C. and eliminating 600 employees… Pennsylvania plans to lay off 319 state workers across 10 agenices due to deep budget cuts… Devon Energy Corp. was forced to lay off 275 members of its workforce after selling off assets… Deluxe Corporation will close a call center in Colorado Springs and leave all 225 employees from that location jobless… The Marine Corps Logistics Base in Yermo, Calif. will cut 170 posts… Manchester Metropolitan University in the U.K. was forced to cut 127 members of its support staff… Amway Corp. announced its plans to eliminate 93 jobs in Michigan in the next year and a half… Simon & Schuster will hand out 72 pink slips at a distribution center in Bristol, Penn… Iowa laid off 55 state employees after union negatitions failed… Summit County, Ohio threatened 45 sheriff’s deputies with layoffs if union negotiations are not successful… SamTrans will lay off 45 bus drivers and administrative workers in December… Sussex Correctional Institution of Georgetown is facing 40 job cuts… Stephenson County, Ill. gave out 29 layoff notices in anticipation of budget cuts.

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