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Screwed: 900 at Ford Motor Co.

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

Today’s Total: 1,777

The Ford Motor Co. Michigan Mustang plant is planning 900 employee layoffs… The Long Beach Unified School District will deliver 750 layoff warnings next month… Safe Air in Blenheim, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, is facing 100 job cuts… The Georgia World Congress Center has laid off 27 employees in anticipation of lower convention activity… Merck & Co. Inc is facing a 15 percent staff cut, likely brought on by its acquisition of Schering Plough… The 1,000 layoffs planned for L.A. may involve workers of L.A.X., Port of Los Angeles, and the L.A. Department of Water and Power.

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