Screwed: 100 at BAE Systems

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

Today’s Total: 293

BAE Systems plans to layoff 100 workers in Ohio after losing contract deals… In Arkansas, Commercial Metals Co are cutting up to 60 jobs by April 29… Eastern Maine Medical Center plan to lay off about 50 employees by March 19… Meanwhile, Kingsburg District Hospital in California announced plans to cut a nursing unit and lay off 50 employees… In New Jersey, South Orange Maplewood School District will be laying off 29 employees in the coming months… In Morristown, 4 city employees were laid off yesterday…

Screwed: 520 in Phoenix

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

Today’s Total: 1,233

A new budget for Phoenix, Ariz. has resulted in 520 job cuts… If South Carolina state legislature passes a $5.1 billion budget plan, the Department of Juvenile Justice could suffer 295 contract employee layoffs… 200 jobs will be terminated as New Jersey Transit faces an emergency spending freeze… Cummins Inc. is laying off 194 workers from the Columbus Midrange Engine Plant… Lockheed Martin Corp. has laid off 16 employees at its Orlando, Fla. Location… New York City controller John Liu has announced that 8 employees have “separated” from his office…

How to Keep Your Job by Becoming Irreplaceable

At the risk of stating the obvious, skill, talent, and seniority no longer guarantee job security. And blackmail and corporate espionage aren’t great alternative strategies — it’s generally better to get canned than to get jailed.

But there are ways to you reduce your chances of getting targeted during the next round of layoffs. After all, every workplace has a few key players whose bosses believe the place couldn’t run without them — whether it’s the person who can run a finicky fax machine or the only staffer who maintains a good rapport with a difficult client. These people tend to be the same ones who avoid layoffs time and time again.

You can become one of them — without a lot of hard work but with a good dose of sucking up. Here are five other tips to follow…

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…

Screwed: Possible 23,000 at NASA

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

Today’s Total: 23,816

Obama’s proposed budget for NASA may cost as many as 23,000 jobs, from 9,000 “direct” space jobs and 14,000″indirect” hotel and restaurant positions…IBM Australia‘s decision to outsource to India and China may cause 800 local jobs…In California, Menlo Park City School District will lay off 8 teachers in the process of reducing funding for art, physical education, and Spanish programs…In Virginia, Monticello plans on cutting city funding for its police force today and phasing out the department entirely by July 1, and laying off 8 police officers in the process…ABC News will be cutting 20 percent of their news staff due to the impact of new technologies in the industry…

Screwed: 1,600 at Davie Yards

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

Today’s Total: 2,354

Davie Yards Inc., a Canadian shipbuilder, is planning 1,600 employee layoffs to begin on Monday while it files for creditor protection… Chicago Public Schools will be laying off 500 employees by mid-March… Las Vegas faces 171 city layoffs by July 1 unless labor unions agree to concessions… In another round of layoffs, Sunrise Senior Living Inc. will terminate 30 jobs this year…

Recession Briefing: Museums Benefit from Downturn (Sort Of)

What you need to know today to survive and thrive in the recession.

Many museums across the country saw a spike in visitors during the economic slump last year, even as they experienced increasing financial stress, according to results of a study released Thursday. (Associated Press)

One thing employment-services firm Manpower has got better at during the recession is figuring out quickly which job-hunters can be helped, and which to send elsewhere rather than risk leading them on. (Economist)

It cost more than $500,000 in stimulus funds to create a single highway construction job, largely because of building materials, an analysis of stimulus reports shows. Education aid and research funding are among the cheapest ways of creating or saving jobs at less than $60,000 each, the analysis shows.( USA Today)…

Screwed: 52 at Pfizer

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

Today’s Total:

In New York, Pfizer announced yesterday a job cut of 52 employees by April 21…The Oregonian gave pink slips to 37 workers yesterday, primarily from the news department…At the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, all 35 teachers may face unemployment for not meeting qualifications required by federal law, and the state has asked the school to submit a new staffing plan by June 1…In Wildwood, NJ, 30 city employees received layoff notices yesterday…Meanwhile, in Ithica, NY, Steuben Glass will layoff an undetermined number of employees by this summer as part of their restructuring plan.

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…

Recession Briefing: Why Yellow Lights Are Shorter

What you need to know today to survive and thrive in the recession.

Some cash-strapped cities have been shortening yellow lights in order to nab more drivers with tickets — and raise revenue. (AlterNet)

A little-noticed effect of the recession is the incredible shrinking work shift. Millions of workers are taking multiple part-time or freelance jobs, jumping back and forth repeatedly between work, other pursuits and more work. These weird schedules are creating new challenges. (Wall Street Journal)

In an era of populist outrage and nearly double-digit unemployment, the average Wall Street bonus jumped 25% in 2009 to $123,850 as financial firms rebounded from the recession with help from U.S. taxpayers’ money. (USA Today)…