The Unemployed Life

Screwed: Hundreds in Phoenix

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

Today’s total: 819

Phoenix is letting go hundreds of police officers and firefighters…Time Warner Cable is canning 350 people in Colorado…more than 150 police officers in Tulsa will lose their jobs…cable maker Commscope is cutting 150 jobs in Omaha…movie studio Miramax closed, which will result in 80 jobs lost…Residential Resources in Plattrbugh, NY will cut up to 39 workers…St. Luke’s Miners Memorial Hospital in Coaldale, Penn., will let go 30 staffers…Lorain library system in Ohio will slash 20 positions.

Tags: business, economy, jobs, layoffs, Screwed