You may remember earlier in this month when we reported some good news about the unemployment statistics. For those of you who did not catch the coverage here is an excerpt: “According to a statement put out by the US government the total number of people who were seeking benefits for unemployment have dropped significantly. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 12, 2011
Ah, The U.S. Department of Labor and its reams of data. Sometimes the information they give us is a reason to cheer. In other cases it is enough to make you want to riot. Either way, for the time being they are one of the best sources of data about unemployment in the USA that [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 12, 2011
President Obama is looking to send $30 billion to states to deal with teacher layoffs. This has gone far beyond the downsizing of teachers and first responders programme, which was signed last August. The current proposal is expected to prevent up to 280,000 teacher layoffs. But it will be interesting to see the congress’ response [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 1, 2011
As part of its major restructuring plan, National Grid, announced plans to layoff over 1,200 manufacturing workers at its plant in Western New York. The Massachusetts-based multinational company said that it will concentrate its efforts on bolstering local performance, elevating customer service and delivering more efficient products to its clients. The job cuts are expected to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 31, 2011
Some school district workers at Forth Worth, Texas are about to face unemployment as state officials announced plans to cut the budget for public education amid the financial crisis in Texas. State Legislatures warned various school administrators that the slated budget cuts in public education would be higher than originally planned. The budget cut is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 28, 2011
Around 50 manufacturing workers are about to face unemployment as Nordyne, a Missouri-based manufacturer of heating and cooling products, announced plans to downsize its workforce due to a bad market. Nordyne revealed that 50 employees will be laid off at its facility in Boonville, Missouri in response to a continuous decline in demand for residential [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 18, 2011
US Airways Group Inc., a major airline company in the US based in Arizona, announced a plan to slash over 176 jobs at its various headquarters in 11 cities. The job cuts are slated primarily for the airline company’s facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a total of 91 slated for layoffs, followed by Buffalo, New [...]
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...Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Steelcase Inc., an international office furniture company, announced a plan to remove around 750 staff at its various facilities nationwide over the next 18 months. About 400 of those will come from the company’s location in West Michigan as Steelcase plans to move some of its work to Mexico and its Alabama plants. The company’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 13, 2011
Gannett Company Inc., the largest US newspaper publisher based on the total daily circulations, revealed that they will reduce the editorial staff at its three newspapers in New Jersey by almost half according to several staffers who preferred to conceal their identities. The reporters named Courier News of Bridgewater, Daily Record of Parsippany and Home [...]
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Friday, December 30, 2011
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