The Alliance, a union attempting to organize IBM workers, has reported that 1,614 employees were laid off on Monday. The union predicts this number will climb to 2,000 in the U.S. and Canada after this round of layoffs is complete. Corporate policy dictates that no comments about these losses are to be made, however a running [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 1, 2010
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on February 23 that 1,761 mass layoff actions were filed for the month of January. At least 50 employees had to be laid off in order to be considered such an action. Seasonally adjusted, this resulted in the release of 182,261 workers, based on the fillings of unemployment insurance [...]
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...Friday, February 12, 2010
Time Warner Cable announced that they will create 170 new full and part time jobs at their Regional Outbound Center in Albany, New York. The Regional Outbound Center employs 155 people right now. Time Warner will hire outbound sales agents, supervisors and support personnel who will focus on providing enhanced customer service. Agents and support [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 11, 2010
Empire Aero Center announced that it will lay off up to 203 employees by May. Empire Aero is an aircraft maintenance company located in Rome, New York. The company claims the lay offs are a result of poor economic conditions and that they will come in stages depending on workloads. There is currently an effort [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 4, 2009
The Journal News, owned and operated by Gannet Co. and located just outside of New York City, is cutting 165 jobs. The job cuts will come as it outsources its printing and mailing operations to a company in New Jersey. The Journal News will also put its headquarters on the market. Once [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Concord Textile Care Products is creating a new line of cleaning products that do not use the dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene (PERC). The company will invest $1.4 million at its plant in Buffalo for production of the new products. Most of that money will be returned to the company through tax credits and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Supermarket company Penn Traffic recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced today a plan to close 53 stores in New York, leaving over 4000 people without jobs. In addition to store employees, over 600 people who work at two warehouses operated by the company will be let go. The company filed for [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 28, 2009
It looks as though the state of New York may be joining the rest of the country as its options are pointing more and more towards layoffs. New York had remained an exception among the larger states by not cutting its 200,000-person payroll. “We’ve not had to furlough or lay off any workers, but the means [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 17, 2009
According to a new report, a suggested national Renewable Electricity Standard of 25% by 2025 could create more than 850,000 full-time jobs across the US. According to the report by the Blue Green Alliance, a nationwide partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations, 28 states already have their own Renewable Electricity Standard. The report says “…projects [on] [...]
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