The Unemployed Life

Screwed: 1,000 at NYC Transit

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

Today’s Total: 2,500

NYC Transit has announced the impending layoffs of 1,000 employees… Florida’s Jackson Memorial Hospital may be forced to cut 1,000 jobs and vacant positions in he face of a budget shortfall… ABC is looking to lay off up to 400 employees, or 20 percent of its staff, and is offering voluntary “separation packages” to all full-time non-union employees… Ford Motor Credit Business Center in Mauldin, SC is cutting its workforce of 425 by 100 employees by the end of March… Italian automaker Fiat is assigning temporary week-long layoffs to its workers in March and April.

Are you one of the Screwed? Check out Recessionwire’s Laid Off 101. Read more about layoffs at the sites compiled on our layoff tracker page.

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