The Unemployed Life

Screwed: Possible 4,300 in New York

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

Today’s total: 5,347

NYC government officials are working on a budget proposal that may leave 4,300 people without jobs…Electric Boat announced last Friday that they will be cutting 432 jobs by April…ATK handed pink slips to 420 Utah workers and plans on laying off another 200 in May…Last Friday, Iberdola USA started their 140 job cuts all over the Northeast…US Bank plans on laying off 50 workers from its Illinois branches come March…Sun Microsystems laid off 32 jobs this month and will cut another 197 in March and April…On another round of layoffs, Dell Inc. plans on laying off an unspecified number of people this week.

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