Special Metals Corp., a leading company that produces and supplies high-nickel, high-performance alloys worldwide, has temporarily laid off around 40 hourly workers due to lack of work at its manufacturing plant in Huntington, West Virginia. The company officials said that recall is still possible but it will depend on how busy the plant gets in [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Illinois Cement Company LLC, an Illinois-based private company under Masonry Cement, will remove around 96 plant workers at its manufacturing plant in La Salle, Illinois due to severe market conditions. The slated job cut is expected to be the first major layoff in the company’s plant in La Salle after operating in the area for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 13, 2011
BigBand Networks Inc., a leading digital video networking company based in California, announced a plan to cut about 9% of its workforce worldwide, which represents around 40 employees, to reduce its expenses and generate more savings. The layoff is attributed to the decline in revenue during the last quarter of 2010. Based on the preliminary [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 31, 2010
Amarr Garage Doors, one of the world’s leading designers, manufacturers and distributors of door access systems for residential and commercial establishments in the US, removed about 19 manufacturing workers in its 411,000-square-foot Lawrence, Kansas plant due to the industry-wide decline in demand. The company laid off 19 full-time workers in all three shifts at the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 31, 2010
About 34 workers face an impending layoff as Yakima County Jail in Washington announced a plan to slash its workforce before the year ends. The cuts will affect 29 corrections officers, five clerical employees and four office workers- all slated for layoff effective January 31, 2010. Ed Campbell, Corrections Director, said that the cuts are [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 23, 2010
Bergen Regional Medical Center, a premier hospital in Paramus, NJ is now planning to remove slightly under 50 hospital positions to mend the effect brought about by the reduction on federal and state reimbursement for charity care along with the enactment of the prohibition against entering into contracts with managed health care providers. The hospital [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Over 117 workers are now facing an impending layoff as SpectraWatt Inc., a US based manufacturer and distributor of high performance silicon solar cells for use in solar modules, announced a plan to close its solar cell plant in Dutchess County, New York. The closure is attributed to the recent declining demand for solar cells. The New [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 8, 2010
After a recent real estate clash and economic recession, ZipRealty Inc., a national real estate company, announced its plan of removing around 129 real estate agents in its North Carolina headquarters. The job cuts will be concentrated in the company’s Raleigh and Charlotte offices since the state has not been profitable for the real estate [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Hewlett-Packard (HP), a multinational information technology corporation for personal computer products, axed around 30 employees and other contract workers in its office in Ocala, Florida. The laid off workers joined the growing numbers of people who are unemployed, which is currently around 18,000 in total. The IT company giant remained mum about the issue. HP [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 2, 2010
State Street Corporation, a financial holding company, announced its massive restructuring plan that includes elimination of around 1,400 workers, or 5% of its work force, and closure of some of its offices by the end of 2011. The bank did not elaborate how many of the job cuts will be in the US but the [...]
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