Paul Reed Smith Guitars will lay off 30 employees, go to a four-day manufacturing week, and end its nighttime manufacturing shift. After the cuts, the firm will employ 250. PRS recently completed expanding its Maryland factory to produce acoustic guitars and amplifiers. It got a $10 million bond from the Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
In the midst of the worst economic recession in decades, Electrolux is laying off 150 more workers at its Webster City, Iowa washer and dryer plant, and moving production to Mexico. The cuts will be effective June 15th. Workers may be rehired if economic conditions improve. In February, the company laid off 43 at the plant. Five [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Catalyst Paper is cutting 100 staff positions due to a severe decline in demand. The layoffs will target the company’s Richmond and Nanaimo, British Columbia offices. An indefinite layoff of 55 staff will affect two paper mills. Founded in 2000, Catalyst Paper Corporation is a Canadian paper manufacturer based in Richmond, British Columbia. The company produces paper and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 11, 2009
Dell Computer, which received $37 million in incentives to create jobs in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will report to the city the details of two recent rounds of layoffs at its factory. Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines called the meeting, after Dell wouldn’t reveal many people lost their jobs. Dell launched the Winston-Salem plant in 2004, after state and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tacoma, Washington’s Coast Engine & Equipment is going out of business. One hundred and eleven people will lose their jobs. The firm repaired and refurbished locomotives, rail cars and other vehicles. Those laid off are welders, electricians, mechanics and other blue-collar workers. Coast Engine was founded in 1947 to repair marine diesel engines. In 1988 the firm became [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Toro Company has announced temporary layoffs for 235 workers at its Tomah, Wisconsin location. The layoffs are expected to begin on or after April 20th. Employees were notified of the layoffs in March. The DWD Dislocated Worker unit will work with the Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Board to provide services to affected workers. Based in Bloomington, Minnesota, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
Seattle’s Green Diamond Resource Company and its Korbel, California subsidiary, California Redwood Company, have announced they will lay off 85 people in Northern California. Green Diamond says three quarters of the jobs are coming from mills in Korbel and Brainard, which have scaled back production as new home production disappears. Some laid-off employees will get severance packages, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 16, 2009
Temporary layoffs began at an Eaton Corporation plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania this week. The plant produces electrical equipment, including circuit breakers, and employs about 450. The temporary furlough is expected to last about one week, as the company tries to save money in the economic meltdown. An Eaton spokesperson said that not all of the laid-off employees [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 6, 2009
Deere & Company announced today that the company’s construction and forestry equipment unit is placing 325 employees on indefinite leave this month. The jobs being eliminated are at plants in the Iowa cities of Dubuque and Davenport. The company, which last month placed 200 workers at its Davenport works on indefinite layoff, said the 325 layoffs are [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 5, 2009
Canadian forestry firm Domtar will shutter its pulp mill in Baileyville, Maine for an indefinite period, affecting 300 employees. This is the latest in a string of production and job cuts for Domtar, which is trying to cut costs as the economic meltdown affects demand. The Woodland mill, which will close on May 5th, has an annual [...]
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