Jessica Sirkin
Screwed: 3,700 at Arcandor
A daily roundup of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Partial Total: 11,138
German retailer Arcandor plans to cut 3,700 mail-order jobs…Deutsche Telekom’s business client unit, T-Systems, plans to layoff 3,000 employees by the end of the year…Swiss automotive supplier Rieter says it will cut 1,500 jobs by the end of 2010…Scandinavian airline SAS AB says it will cut as many as 1,500 more jobs and reduce salaries…Hexion Specialty Chemicals is set to layoff 1,000 workers…Trane plans to cut 370 jobs in Tyler…Sprint Nextel Corp. is shutting down a division in Olathe, costing 68 employees their jobs…
Screwed: 85 at Ballard Power
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Partial Total:228
Fuel cell developer Ballard Power plans to cut 20% of its staff which means 85 workers lose their jobs…Engineering firm CHA layoffs 57 employees, froze salaries and cut hours for approximately 7% of its nationwide workforce…Eye care benefits provider VSP has cut 43 jobs about half in their local headquarters of Rancho Cordova…Miami Herald Media Company recently announced their plan to layoff or reduce hours of 43 employees…
Screwed: 2,600 at Ssangyong Motor
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Partial Total: 5,677
Korea’s Ssangyong Motor recently finalized 2,600 layoffs…German utility company E.ON plans to cut 2,000 jobs…Ulster Bank is cutting 250 more jobs on both sides of the Irish border…Trinity Marine Products plans to layoff its entire staff of 235 employees…Crow Tribe is laying off 200 employees…Terex Corporation plans to layoff 170 workers in Cedar Rapids…Artex Aircraft is set to layoff 113 workers and close one of their facilities…Portland-based RM International plans to layoff 109 employees…
Screwed: 5,000 at Taylor, Bean & Whitaker
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Partial Total: 7,408
Taylor, Bean & Whitaker is shutting down with 5,000 jobs at stake…Alcoholic drinks manufacturer Altia plans to put all of its 650 employees on furlough… Kindred Healthcare intends to layoff 573 employees in Florida…Neste Oil has recently announced 450 new layoffs…Axa is set to layoff 350 employees…University of Iowa Health Care is cutting 285 jobs…Bobcat plans a further 100 layoffs…
Screwed: 15,000 at Anglo American
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Total: 24,939
Diamond producer Anglo American, which owns among other subsidiaries DeBeers, after a 69% drop in profits, has reduced its workforce by 15,000. … At General Motors, 6,000 employees took buyouts. … Seagate plans to layoff close to 3,000 employees, which is 6% of their workforce…KV Pharmaceuticals in St. Louis laid off another 300 workers, bringing the total to 1,000… Xstrata Coal plans to layoff 300 employees…University of Maryland plans to cut 175 jobs and put a freeze on hiring…In Chicago, Marshfield DoorSystems will lay off 164 employees next month…
Screwed: 675 at Yahoo
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s partial total: 1,132
Yahoo plans to layoff 675 employees, which is 5% of its total staff…Intel is set to cut 294 jobs in Ireland, 6% of its Irish workforce, and is moving its main production line to Poland…Assurant Employee Benefits is laying off 91 workers…Alliance Resource Partners plan to layoff 72 employees…
Screwed: 750 at Kimberly-Clark
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s partial total: 1,680
Kimberly-Clark is laying off 750 employees, 600 of which volunteered… Carlisle Tire and Wheel is closing its plant in Cumberland County, PA, putting 340 jobs at risk… Buckeye Partners plans to layoff 260 employees… Belden is closing its Massachusetts plant and plans to layoff 170 plant employees… Gemini Manufacturing Corp. plans to layoff 81 workers… Erica Lyons plans to close its Miami facility and layoff 75 workers…US Airways is set to layoff 34 employees at General Mitchell International Airport…
Screwed: 3,600 at Swedbank
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s partial total: 9,238
Swedbank is planning to cut 3,600 employees in the Baltic and Ukraine in a move to lower headcount by the end of 2010… British Telecom is cutting 2,750 workers at call centers in India and moving the jobs back home to England… Harley Davidson will lay off 1,000 workers. … Cisco will lay off 600 workers. … Citigroup is laying off 500 employees and outsourcing to First Data, which will then add 400 to 500 jobs… British Council plans to let go 400 to 500 employees, roughly one third of its UK workforce… Eaton Electrical Group plans to lay off 127 workers… Bausch & Lomb plans to cut 120 jobs at its Waterford manufacturing plant… Sony Online Entertainment is laying off 41 employees, about 5% of it total workforce… Union Tank Car plans to layoff 22 workers…
Screwed: 1,200 at Lloyds
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Total: 4,100
Lloyds is laying off 1,200 employees, mostly from the IT support and insurance services departments…Harley-Davidson plans to let go 1,000 workers…Cisco is set to cut up to 700 jobs in the San Jose area…McGraw-Hill plans to layoff 550 employees…Lufthansa is laying off 400 workers, primarily in Germany…
Screwed: 4,000 at British Airways?
A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.
Today’s Partial Total: 949
British Airways is currently in talks with unions over a proposed cut of 4,000 jobs…EDS Germany came to an agreement with their unions and are laying off 300 workers, instead of the planned 839…Florida is set to layoff 159 state employees…Yorozu America Corp. plans to close their Battle Creek facility, costing 143 workers their jobs…GE Capital plans to layoff 127 workers in Bedford, TX…Stride Rite is closing its Huntington site and laying off 120 employees…Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan to layoff 100 employees in Minnesota…
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