Cincinnati has lost 14% of its manufacturing jobs over the last two years, contributing to Ohio’s overall loss which is among the highest in the nation. Over the last two years, Ohio has lost 6% of its manufacturers. The hardest hit sector has been transportation equipment manufacturing, which includes the auto industry, and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 5, 2009
As promised, the City of Cincinnati has announced it will cut 319 jobs and furlough non-union employees. Of the 319 positions to be eliminated, 138 are with the Police Department. No firefighters are targeted. The rest of of the cuts affect the Health Department, Public Services, Sewers and Water. The city has 5,280 employees. Approximately 1,800 are police [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 2, 2009
The City of Cincinnati will announce this week both cuts in services, and layoffs of an undisclosed number of its 6,000 city employees. The City Manager will inform the City Council this week of the positions he proposes to cut. It is yet unknown if police or firefighters will be targeted. Several hundred municipal employees may be [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 17, 2009
A drop in tax income is spurring the city of Cincinnati to consider laying off hundreds of city workers. City officials project a deficit of $28 million for 2009, up from an earlier estimate of $20 million. Cincinnati may also reduce call center hours, review consultant contracts and limit supplies. Department heads have been instructed to consider [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory says 640 city jobs will be available at the 4th Annual Mayor’s Youth Job Fair on Thursday, April 23rd. The jobs are part of the city’s Summer Youth Employment Initiative. The initiative employs people ages 16 to 24 in six different programs, through the Cincinnati Parks Department, the Cincinnati Recreation Commission, ArtWorks, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Northern Kentucky Tri-County Economic Development Corporation, or Tri-ED, helped create 3,918 jobs due to its efforts in 2008. An economic impact analysis prepared by Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Economic Analysis and Development noted that expansions and new businesses are expected to create 1,829 primary jobs and 1,566 indirect jobs, for a total impact of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 19, 2009
Ohio employment will be hit hard by the recession this year, with Cincinnati expected to lose 20,500 jobs by Q4 2009, according to a US Conference of Mayors study. Columbus is expected to lose 7,700 jobs by Q4, from a work force of more than 948,000. Cleveland, with 1.06 million jobs, is forecast to see 22,200 [...]
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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