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Screwed: 400 in Montgomery, Alabama

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

Today’s total: 781

In the Montgomery Alabama School District, 400 jobs may be cut due to decreased funding from the state for the next fiscal year…Yesterday, New York’s St. Vincent’s Hospital laid off 300 workers in order to prevent closure…In Tulsa, Oral Roberts University announced a “rightsizing” plan to lay off 50 non-faculty positions across several departments…In another round of school budget cuts, Stafford County announced plans to eliminate 31 employees by April 1…Throughout the Jackson Health System, hospitals prepare to announce widespread layoffs today, though the numbers are still uncertain…

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