Angela Gabrielle Fabunan
Screwed: 350 at Textron
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Total: 572
In Providence, Textron Inc. plans to eliminate 350 jobs this year, shrinking their workforce by 24% since December…The Syracuse School District scaled down from a proposed cut of 400 jobs to 150 jobs for next year, and budget disputes are set for May this year…Yesterday, Dartmouth College announced layoffs of 38 non-teaching employees effective this Tuesday and then another batch in April…In Austin, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. cut 34 jobs from its Burnett Road plant.
Screwed: 300 at UPS
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Total: 701
After announcing a layoff of 1,800 administrative positions, UPS may furlough as many as 300 pilots starting in May…in St. Louis, Trans States Airlines will lay off 150 service representatives and baggage handlers by April…In Tennessee, Mapa Spontex plans to eliminate 132 jobs from March 19 until sometime in June…Non-profit Adelphoi Village is closing a facility in Pennsylvania and laying off 70 workers by April…In New York, the Katonah-Lewisboro School District may lay off about 25-30 public school teachers this week, and 55 teachers in total, due to budgetary concerns about future mandatory raises resulting from teacher’s union contracts…
Screwed: 1,607 in Chicago
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Total: 2,311
Chicago Transit Authority laid off 1,607 unionized workers intheir decision to cut nine express bus lines and provide less frequent bus service…GNAC plans to eliminate 554 employees and three offices due to loan losses…In Michigan, Consumers Energy will lay off 80 unionized workers by the end of this month…
Screwed: 350 at Wal-Mart
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Total: 1,002
Wal-Mart announced another 350 job cuts at its Arkansas headquarters after last week’s 12,700 cuts, but claims that this will be the last round…Diebold Inc. plans on laying off 250 employees in Green, Ohio…The recent acquisition of Ames Safety Envelope Co. by Tab Products Co. will lead to 150 workers without jobs…In Illinois, Maine Township High School District is eliminating 135 jobs in order to close their budget deficit…Enerplus Resources Fund cut 65 staff members, 7 percent of their workforce, yesterday in Calgary and Denver…Poinard Pharmaceuticals plans on laying off 28 employees–over half of its 50-person workforce–in Seattle and San Francisco by Friday…In Texas, Better Beverages will be laying off 24 workers on Friday due to a decision by parent company Pepsi Bottling Group to cut production in Hallettsville….Adidas America announced an unspecified number of job cuts in Portland, Oregon…
Screwed: Up to 4,000 at GlaxoSmithKline
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s total: 5,058
GlaxoSmithKline plans on eliminating up to 4,000 jobs from their workforce…Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that it will lay off about 400 employees to cope with declining DVD sales…Harleysville National Bank expects to cut up to 300 jobs after a merger in March…In Tennessee, First Horizon National Corp. has decided to shut down one of their departments, leaving 100 employees out of work…CBS News will hand out pink slips to up to 100 staffers next week…Fujifilm North America Corp. announced its plan to lay off 100 nonunion employees after shutting down their Texas facility…PNC Financial Services Group plans on laying off 58 IT jobs in Cleveland…
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 peoplethis week…
Screwed: 1,500 at Macy’s
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s total: 3,242
Macy’s Inc plans to layoff a whopping 1, 500 store-level positions by March 6…Borders Bookstores will cut its workforce by 742 workers, which accounts for 15 percent of staff members…Time Warner Cable will soon cut 350 jobs in Denver, Colorado…Glassmaker Zeledyne LCC handed pink slips to 210 workers yesterday…ArcelorMittal plans to lay off 171 steelworkers at its West Virginia tin mill…Leading glass-manufacturer Owens-Illinois is foreclosing their Charlotte, NC plant and laying off 137 jobs…TTX confirmed 67 layoffs in their South Carolina plant…Prepaid debt card-issuer Meta Financial Group will lay off 40 workers…Yesterday, The Star Tribune cut 15 positions in the newsroom, increasing their unemployed total to 95 since the fall…Southampton Memorial Hospital have laid off 10 hospital workers since last Friday…Deutsche Boerse AG plans on laying off up to 10 percent of its work force…
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