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...Thursday, March 11, 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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...Wednesday, March 3, 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...Wednesday, March 3, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
According to a report released by global outplacement consultancy firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., job cuts in February were at their lowest level since 2006. Employers cut 42,090 jobs last month, which is a 41% decrease over January, when 71, 482 jobs were cut. In February 2009 employers made 186, 350 job cuts. Layoffs [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Pfizer has cut 72 jobs at its Pearl River, New York facility. Workers in Pfizer’s chemical Division at Pearl River will be laid off by May 21. Pfizer has already laid off 483 of 3,000 workers since October 15. Pfizer may lay off more employees in coming months depending on whether they close the manufacturing [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 23, 2010
100 non tenured teachers in the Kaneland, Illinois school district will receive lay off notices by the school years end. The lay offs are part of an effort to mitigate the loss of general state aid to the school district next year. First, second and third year teachers will be targeted for lay offs. No [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 22, 2010
Bunge North America will cut 100 jobs when it closes its soybean processing division in Danville, Illinois on April 23. Executives at the company blame the shut down on the state of the soybean market, which they say is oversaturated. Added transportation costs associated with the plant made it a prime target for closure and [...]
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