Some serious job cuts are coming to state of Washington this week. The state is getting ready to get rid of a serious number of workers, more than a thousand as part of a cost savings measure. The cuts, which are expected to impact about 1,266 full time employees in the state of Washington has [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 28, 2011
The town of Pullman, Washington is like a lot of other university towns. It is a center for local culture, it has an active nightlife and the areas local economy can be profoundly influenced by the budget of the college that surrounds it. For those of you who are not from the area, Pullman is [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Layoffs are coming to the state of Washington, in the city of Yakima. Under a new city plan that has been release by the budget office, the numbers show that in order for things to be fiscally sound some of the cities workers are just going to have to go. What is amazing is that [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 4, 2011
Penguin Windows, a window replacement company in the Puget Sound area of Washington, laid off 160 workers yesterday and plans another 200 layoffs in the weeks ahead. The company, which does home installations in Washington, Oregon, Maine, New Hampshire and Massachussetts, has struggled in Washington since a settlement was reached with the Attorney General in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 21, 2011
More than 1,600 employees in Hanford, Washington will lose their jobs later this year once the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending ends. CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co., which was paid $1.3 billion out of the stimulus, will slash up to 1,350 jobs between July and September. Those layoffs will be a mix of both [...]
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...Sunday, October 17, 2010
Washington State’s Whatcom County will undertake more layoffs as a result of the 2011-12 budget proposal. The administration gave the budget proposal before County Council members on Friday. The $172.37 million budget plan takes into consideration the $5.3 million deficit the county currently faces. The gap comes from the county’s all-purpose general fund and is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 15, 2010
The Port of Everett in Washington State has, until now, been able to avoid layoffs due to the recession. However, that will soon be over. The Port has seen a continous drop in space rentals, as well as a decline in rentals from businesses. This has forced the port to rethink its plans for redevelopment. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 3, 2010
The city of Spokane, Washington has notified some 116 employees of layoff notices as part of their ongoing work on the city’s 2011 General Fund Budget, where they are attempting to close a $12 million shortfall in 2011. The notices went out to some 70 people who will have their positions eliminated entirely, while the rest [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday proposed eliminating Virginia-based Joint Forces Command, a move which would cost up to 3,000 people their jobs. The proposal is among many cost-saving measures floated by Gates but has received the most attention due to the layoffs it entails. “We must be mindful,” said Gates at a Pentagon press [...]
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