Wal-Mart is hiring 100 people for a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market in Owasso, Oklahoma. Applicants can apply at the location or online. The jobs include full-time, part-time, and supervisory positions, and will begin in June. The store opens this summer. Wal-Mart Stores is a retail monopsony which runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 10, 2009
University Multispectral Laboratories, a research facility owned by the Oklahoma State University and operated by Triton Scientific, may receive a tax incentive to create new jobs. The Ponca City facility currently employs 46 people. State legislators have introduced a bill designed to facilitate the creation of new jobs as the lab spins off new private companies [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Mattress manufacturer Spring Air is cutting 157 jobs at its Tampa, Florida operation. The company merged with Consolidated Bedding in June 2007, This February, Spring Air announced plans to open a $30 million production center in Durant, Oklahoma. Elk Grove Village, Illinois-based Spring Air Company was founded in 1926. In 2006, it was the fourth largest US [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 2, 2009
Oklahoma Gas & Electric has laid off 22 workers at its Oklahoma City HQ. The utility has eliminated its enterprise, information and performance section. With new hires during the restructuring, the firm will have lost only 10 positions in toto. Terminated employees will get severance pay, continued health care benefits and outplacement services. Oklahoma Gas & Electric is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 27, 2009
Springdale, Arkansas’ Tyson Foods, the largest US meat producer, will close a plant in Ponca City, Oklahoma and cut 580 jobs. The plant produces deli-style luncheon meats and ham. The shut down will be completed by August. Tyson will shift production to plants in Buffalo, New York; Cherokee, Iowa; and Houston, Texas. Tyson employs about 107,000 globally. Share This [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma city council has voted to eliminate four dozen jobs, due to a $2 million budget deficit. The 48 positions being eliminated have been vacant for the past two years because of a hiring freeze. No city employees will be losing their jobs, and no layoffs are planned. The council also voted to raise fees [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Weyerhaeuser will close its lumber mills in Wright City, Oklahoma, and Dallas, Oregon, effective immediately. The shutdowns will affect 307 employees. The company has closed 10 wood products manufacturing facilities this year, and virtually all sites have reduced operations. Weyerhaeuser is based in Federal Way, Washington. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Chesapeake Energy will cut 215 jobs in Charleston, West Virginia, as it converts the office from a regional corporate headquarters to a regional field office. The company is consolidating the management of its Eastern Division operations into the company’s corporate offices in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Chesapeake said about 40 positions will remain in Charleston, while the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 17, 2009
ConocoPhillips says it plans to relocate 750 jobs out of Ponca City, Oklahoma within two years. The decision to move the non-refinery positions was announced in a town hall meeting in Ponca City today. Company spokeswoman Tracy Harlow said the first 250 jobs will be moved this year, with 180 going to Houston, and the rest to [...]
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