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Screwed: Possible 4,000 in LA

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

Today’s Total: 5,214

Due to the devastating budget of Los Angeles, as many as 20 percent of all public library staff will be laid off, as well as 15 percent of the police force, culminating in possible layoffs of 4,000 city employees… In Toronto, Aveos Fleet Performance Inc will be laying off 1,000 airline machinists in the next few months… Chicago Transit Authority handed out pink slips to 99 employees over the weekend, marking the last batch of 1,067 CTA employees without jobs… In California, Salinas City may lay off 40 city employees as part of a proposed balanced-budget plan… In Ottawa, Caesars Windsor plans on cutting 45 jobs… In Nevada, Carson City may face a job cut of 30 employees due to a budget deficit…

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