Screwed: 461 at AT&T

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Today’s Total: 1,082

AT&T plans to cut 461 Florida jobs in its land-line operation… Paul Mueller manufacturing plant is laying off between 150 and 200 production workers… ST-Ericsson will be downsizing its Swedish workforce by 150 employees… Colorado Springs will be laying off 93 city employees, with layoffs occurring this month and through next March… The Hawthorne Army Depot of Mineral County, Nevada has laid off 91 workers… Up to 50 employees of Montana’s Great Falls Clinic have been laid off… Ohio’s Highland Local Schools Board of Education is laying off 22 staff beginning Jan. 19… Integrated ad agency Mullen has handed out 15 pink slips this week at its Boston office, cutting 5 percent of its Boston workforce… Layoffs are imminent inVirginia’s Hampton Schools as they prepare for new budget cuts…

Screwed: 1,700 at Corus

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Today’s Total: 2,754

Some good news: Aurora union has agreed to concessions and avoided layoffs.

Steel manufacturer Corus is cutting 1,700 jobs in 2010… In an effort to restructure, solar power company Energy Conversion Devices is slashing its workforce by 400 jobs… Thomson Reuters Corp. will eliminate 240 jobs in its legal businesses… As part of its restructuring process after the purchase of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer is laying off 200 workers from the Pearl River facility formerly owned by Wyeth, effective Mar. 12… Abbott Laboratories has let go of 80 temporary employees from its medical devices factory in Temecula, CA…

Screwed: 564 at Bulgarian Railway Infrastructure Company

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Today’s Total: 1,357

Bulgarian Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) plans to cut 564 workers by next year… Pfizer plans to lay off 414 employees in northern New York… Florida Power & Light Co.‘s Inadiantown solar has laid off 170 workers… Layoffs handed out by publisher Gannet Co. include 26 newsroom cuts at USA Today and 11 staff cuts as USA Weekend magazine… Missouri Department of Transportation is laying off 100 employees statewide… The Greenspun Media Group, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, has laid off 20 employees… 19 layoffs in Lucas County have been approved by county commissioners… Carroll County has approved 18 layoffs which go in effect in February… Bellevue game start-up Smith & Tinker has laid off up to 15 employees in an effort to retain company profits…

Screwed: 2,300 at AOL

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Today’s Total: 2,816

Some Good News: Ohlone College avoids 6 staff layoffs and opts for a furlough.

AOL will reduce its staff by a third, laying off about 2,300 people…BusinessWeek is reducing its staff by 130…Fresno, CA mayor is proposing 125 municipal layoffs and 5 furlough days between New Year’s and Christmas for most other city employees… Fairfax County Public Libraries will be laying off 107 employees, including those working full- and part-time in the administration, library operations, and technical operations departments… Associated Press has laid off an additional 33 newsroom employees-resulting in 90 layoffs this week-reaching its goal of a 10 percent payroll cut…

Screwed: 650 in Hawaii

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Today’s Total: 1,388

The good news: Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is close to formulating an agreement that may prevent 479 state government layoffs.

The bad: Hawaii state layoffs begin today and expect to effect 650 employees by the end of the year… Upwards of 500 San Francisco union workers face layoffs, pay cuts, and job reassignments… Cincinnati’s Metro has laid off 19 full- and part-time workers and will be letting go of another 101 employees, including unionized workers, part-time employees, and full-time administrators… Newsweek is planning approximately one dozen staff layoffs… Anheuser-Busch is laying off 45 hourly workers from its Manitowoc plant… Mayor Reichert of Macon, Ga. intends to layoff 31 city employees… Australian game developer Krome Studios is laying off up to 30 employees from its Brisbane studio… Santa Clara, Calif.-based factory equipment maker Applied Materials is cutting up to 12 percent of its workforce… An undeclared number of layoffs are to take place at Sinclair Tulsa Refining Co. as it merges with Holly Corp…

Screwed: 361 at Fortis Bank Polska

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Today’s Total: 737

Fortis Bank Polska may lay off 361 employees… 200 Milwaukee county workers may receive layoff notices at any time… Boeing’s Missile Defense Systems is laying off 69 employees in Huntsville… Pratt & Whitney laid off 45 workers yesterday at three locations around the country… Princeton University is laying off 43 employees and cutting hours on 18 other positions as part of a new budget cutting plan… 10 positions were cut at the Frederick County Health Department… The Wall Street Journal is closing its Boston bureau, resulting in up to 9 layoffs… Target Corp. has cut 8 percent of its downtown Minneapolis corporate marketing team… Thousands may face layoffs in the Hawaii Department of Education if a federal judge blocks teacher furloughs…23andMe has undergone restructuring and an undeclared number of layoffs…

Screwed: 100 at Ford Stamping Plant

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Today’s Total: 183

The Good News: After a 20 percent workforce cut Deyaar Development will not be laying off any more employees.

Approximately 100 hourly workers at the Ford Stamping Plant in Woodlawn are facing a week-long layoff… Butler Sheriff’s Office will lay off 40 deputies if no other budget solutions are found… Tulsa is laying off 21 police officers and issuing seven-day layoff notices to 16 non-public safety officials… The town of Carbondale is laying off 5 workers while giving others furlough and instituting wage and hiring freezes… Features Director James Reginato has left W magazine and more layoffs are expected… Arizona school system is facing a possible massive teacher layoff next year due to budget cuts… Time Inc. is carrying out layoffs in its Time, Money, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated departments before the Thanksgiving break…

Screwed: 100 at NewPage

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Today’s Total: 211

Wisconsin’s NewPage paper mill is laying off up to 100 workers… Legal service company WilmerHale has laid off 57 staff members across 4 offices yesterday… 50 employees are losing their jobs in Lockheed Martin‘s northeastern Pennsylvania plant… Conde Nast layoffs continue as 4 staffers are laid off at GQ magazine… Sony has allegedly cut half the workforce at Colorado-based Idol Minds game developer… Governer Rendell predicts more Pennsylvania layoffs but is holding off on details for about another month… Fresno City faces major budget deficit next year and layoffs may be on the horizon.

Screwed: Possible 20,000 at Pfizer

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Today’s Total: 21,035

The Pfizer-Wyeth merger is nearing completion and will result in nearly 20,000 layoffs at Pfizer, 15% of the company’s workforce… Iowa state anticipates 1,000 layoffs resulting from its 10 percent budget cut… Sununu Youth Services in Manchester are faced with 25 staff cuts… 10 staff layoffs at Conde Nast’s Golf World magazine… Vermont will see significant layoffs in three government sectors including Corrections, Transportation, and Children and Families… Bossier City has maintained a hiring freeze this week and will announce number of layoffs today…

Screwed: 1,000 at the Chicago Transit Authority

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Today’s total: 1,979

Service cuts and fare increases within the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) may result in as many as 1,000 union worker layoffs… As many as 750 New Hampshire state workers are in danger of being laid off by the end of the month… Iowa Department of Public Safety budget cuts puts 169 workers in danger of being laid off… More financial cuts at the Ohio Green School Disctrict may leave 60 teachers and staff out of work come Jan. 1… Business Week staff of 400 is facing as-yet-unknown number of layoffs after the publication’s acquisition by Bloomberg LP… Temporary layoffs in November for 15 percent of Italian car maker Ferrari’s workforce…