Coinciding with the crash of the housing market 3-4 years ago, the total number of jobs lost in the construction industry has been felt the hardest in Arizona, Nevada, and Florida. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published the following construction job declines for the period of the recession: Arizona 53.2%, Nevada 52.3%, and Florida at [...]
Continue reading...18. March 2010
Unemployment claims have fallen slightly for the third week in a row but there are still too many first time claims being filed to indicate that there have been significant job gains. Unemployment claims fell 5,000 to 457,000 according to the Labor Department. The four-week average of unemployment claims dropped to 471,250. Despite this the [...]
Continue reading...11. March 2010
86 employees will have their jobs phased out over the next 6 months at Dresser, Inc. in Tioga, Louisiana. The Tioga location is a valve facility employing more than 400 in the local area. Dresser has decided to outsource its manufacturing division and focus on assembly and shipping instead. A few employees will be placed [...]
Continue reading...11. March 2010
We reported late last month that Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman announced likely job cuts across all city departments this year. After a four hour hearing yesterday the Las Vegas City Council tentatively approved next year’s budget and 146 city employees will lose their jobs by June as the Council tries to make up for [...]
Continue reading...11. March 2010
The Pasadena Unified School District in California will cut 164 jobs to meet a $23 million budget gap this spring. Layoffs include teachers and administrative staff and the school board expects to save $20 million in the move. 76 of 120 classroom teachers losing their jobs are elementary school teachers. District Chief Financial Officer John [...]
Continue reading...11. March 2010
Yesterday 140 elementary school district layoffs were approved by Redwood City officials in California. These cuts were made to close the $13 million gap in the district’s budget. Lay offs were approved for 127 full time equivalent teachers, 11 temporary teachers, and 9 other administrative staff. The layoffs are not yet final and California law [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2010
While the U.S. shed 36,000 non-farm payroll jobs in February, the national unemployment rate managed to hold steady at 9.7 percent, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. Last month’s severe winter weather that gripped much of the country likely had some negative effect on the numbers, but BLS Commissioner Keith [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
200 workers will lose their jobs at Cummins Inc., a Columbus, Indiana plant. The plant primarily manufactures diesel engines, power generation equipment, power systems, gasoline engines and custom power supplies. After Friday one shift of 400 workers (the day shift) will remain in their jobs at the plant now that Chrysler has completed its production [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
Officials at NJ Transit yesterday announced that they will lay off more than 200 workers and cut executive salaries by 5%. The executive salary of Director James Weinstein is included in the salary cuts; his salary will be reduced to $248,257.80 from $261,324. Layoffs will reduce the overall workforce at the agency by 2%. The [...]
Continue reading...3. March 2010
Over 15,000 city employees in San Francisco will be laid off on Friday. Mayor Gavin Newsom says that most of them will be rehired if they agree to a shorter work week. Newsom’s plan is a response to the $522 million budget deficit the city is facing in the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The majority of [...]
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18. March 2010
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