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Screwed: 820 at Autoliv

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

Today’s Total: 2,086

Autoliv, a Swedish manufacturer of seatbelts and airbags, will close four plants internationally and leave 820 people jobless… The new MTA budget passed on December 16 calls for a reduction of 700 bus operators and station agents… Fort Dodge Animal Health’s Overland Park operations will slash up to 170 workers from their payrolls… Albany International Corp. plans to axe 156 employees from a fabric manufacturing plant in Portland, Tenn… Oberon Media eliminated 100 workers… Heavy Iron studio is set to lay off up to 70 employees, about 70% of its workforce… Veolia Transportation Co. laid off 67 people in Austin, Texas… In an effort to cut expenses, Yale University’s Security Department will “reorganize” and cut up to 3 jobs… Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services anticipates layoffs in the near future.

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