Six education groups held a press conference on Monday, April 5, and predicted that Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s freeze on state spending for Iowa schools will make it necessary for schools to layoff more than 1,500 employees. The six groups include: Area Education Agencies, the Iowa Association of School Boards, the Iowa State Education Association, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Stream Global Services, a global outsourcing company, announced on Monday, March 14, that it would be laying off 246 employees at its Sergeant Bluff, Iowa call center and notified its employees that same day. Stream has 30,000 employees in 22 countries worldwide. It currently has about 843 employees at this location, although after the layoffs, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 17, 2011
Iowa’s Department of Human Services will be cutting 5 percent of their positions, equating to a 236 job cuts. According to officials at the department, half of the job cuts will not involve active workers, but by cutting currently vacant positions, as a hiring freeze has been adopted and will remain active indefinitely. Among the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 7, 2011
Cummins Filtration, a filtration, coolant and fuel additive specialist for commercial engine systems, is closing its production line in Lake Mills, Iowa, and expanding an existing facility in Mexico. The 200 affected employees will be laid off as of April 8. Approximately 150 employees will stay on in media and administrative positions. Cummins has operated [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 20, 2011
Electrolux, the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world, is shutting down a plant in Webster City, Iowa that currently employs around 500 people. Some sources are reporting that the company is shifting its manufacturing to Mexico, where it has reportedly been building a presence for years. Jerry Kloberdanz, the Vice President of United [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Over 136 mental health employees face layoffs as the state of Iowa cuts the budget across all mental health institutions this year. The state lawmakers slashed the budget for all mental health agencies by $84 million, which prompted the job cuts and other cost-cutting measures. Charlie Krogmeie, Iowa Department of Human Services Director, said that [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 9, 2010
Governor Chet Culver of Iowa said Monday afternoon that $96 million in aid from the federal jobs bill could save the jobs of up to 1,800 teachers. Like dozens of states nationwide, Iowa faced an eight-figure budget deficit during the last fiscal year. To close the gap Culver cut the state budget by 10 percent [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 26, 2010
Webster City, located in the heart of Iowa, will be soon be quietly rolling out electric cars, as many as 2,500 of them a week, reports The Des Moines Register. Ames-based Envision Motor Company has plans to open a new facility in Webster, creating some 300 jobs. This is welcome news for a town that [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Iowa legislature has passed a new law aimed at protecting small business workers from sudden layoffs. As of July 1st, employers in Iowa must provide 30 days notice when laying off 25 or more workers. A similar federal law already exists for employers laying off 100 or more workers but according to Iowa Workforce [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 24, 2010
An announcement was made Tuesday night that the human services department will be cutting 125 jobs in Iowa due to state budget cuts. The initial figure was projected to be around 500 jobs, so the announcement comes as relatively good news. A budget bill was approved 30-19 in favor of spending approximately $950 million for [...]
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