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Screwed: 5,000 at ThyssenGrupp AG

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

Today’s Total: 10,617

German steel producer ThyssenGrupp AG announced plans to slash 5,000 jobs after reporting a loss of 1.87 billion Euro ($2.8 billion) in the last fiscal year… Riverside County, Calif. considers up to 1,500 layoffs in order to compensate for a “structural deficit”… Canadian cell phone and cable provider Rogers Communications laid off 900 workers nationwide last week… Bombardier Aerospace laid off 715 employees, also in Canada… BAE Systems publicized another 642 job losses across the U.K… Airline bmi will lay off 600 employees across Europe due to “restructuring”… Integrys Energy Group is considering laying off up to 350 workers in Wisconsin and other states as part of a cost-cutting effort… Aecom Europe made an additional 350 job cuts due to “ongoing effects of the recession”… Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa laid off 150 workers from a plant in Ebensburg, Pa… The University of Copenhagen has plans to cut 130 staffers from its payrolls in January… Online retailer Redcats will reduce its workforce by 130 due to declining sales… Constellation Software will hand out 110 pink slips to Swiss workers… AmerCable Inc. let go of 40 staff members in El Dorado, Ark.

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