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• in Technology
  RIM Expected to Begin Layoffs Globally
  Dropping market share forces RIM to make unwanted decisions.
  by lenhartjames / on Jun 21, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “layoff”

 

• Save Our Jobs Rally

  
  Young's Blog — Authority: 465
  I went to attend a meeting of the Anniston Army Depot  temp workers who are about to be displaced and without a job.  The AFL-CIO union for the depot workers spoke to the crowd of over hundred people.  This rally was for saving the jobs at the depot.  And I got some juicy information.  Here are some pictures ...
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• Job Security

  
  Short Stories and Very Short Stories — Authority: 110
       Brad stood on thetips of his toes, but he still couldn’t reach the ream of paper he needed fromthe top shelf. He finally gave up and looked around the busy office until hefound tall Will standing by the water cooler.      “Hey Stretch,”said Brad. “How about a little help?”      Will ...
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• 500 layoffs planned at Anniston Army Depot

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  More than 500 people learned today their jobs could end this spring and summer as the as the Anniston Army Depot’s commander, Col. Timothy Sullivan, announced impending layoffs to employees first thing this morning on closed-circuit television. “The work load is what the work load is,” Sullivan said on the ...
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• Jay-Z’s New York City Rocawear office undergoes 28 layoffs

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Everything is not sunny in the land of Jay-Z, as the rapper forced to lay off 28 Rocawear employees in these tough economic times. Rocawear is a brand that had become synonymous with hip hop and rap culture over the years, and it looks like the brand may be facing some tough times. The clothing line has recently had ...
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• Scandinavian airline group SAS AB cuts 300 jobs

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Scandinavian airline group SAS AB says it will lay off 300 administrative workers as part of its efforts to reduce costs. SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson said Wednesday the plans to cut costs by 3 to 5% are critical for the company to strengthen its competitive position. The company said the staff layoffs and other ...
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• ITT Exelis layoffs 76 employees

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  A manufacturing company in West Springfield laid off 76 employees on Wednesday. ITT Exelis spokesperson Irene Lockwood told 22News the company was forced to lay off the workers because of cuts in defense spending.  Lockwood told 22News some of the layoffs were voluntary, but others were involuntary. As of December, ...
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• BMO Harris Bank to cut 350 jobs

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  BMO Harris Bank announced today it is eliminating 350 jobs over the next three months, including about 157 in the greater Milwaukee area. In total, about 200 Wisconsin employees of the company will lose their jobs. Most of the jobs to be eliminated are administrative and back-office positions. The company is ...
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• Oakland layoffs 2,500 workers

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Oakland officials are sending layoff notices to nearly 2,500 employees as the city moves to cut costs to try to make up for the loss of redevelopment money. The city announced Wednesday that with the state cutting redevelopment funds across California, it wont have the money to pay the salaries of 1,464 full-time and ...
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• Jay-Z’s New York City Rocawear Office Undergoes Employee Layoffs

  
  This Beat Goes — Authority: 522
  Jay-Z’s New York City Rocawear Office Undergoes Employee Layoffs Everything is not sunny in the land of Jay-Z , as the rapper forced to lay off 28 Rocawear employees in these tough economic times. Rocawear is a brand that had become synonymous with hip hop and rap culture over the years, and it looks like ...
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• Kraft Foods to layoff 1,600 workers in North America

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Kraft Foods said Tuesday it would lay off 1,600 workers in North America in 2012 to position the company for splitting up its grocery and snack operations. The layoffs are scheduled "to help ensure its North America-based snacks and grocery businesses are well-positioned to become two independent public companies ...
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• Steelwork specialist Billington to layoff 30 staff

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Constructional steelwork specialist Billington is cutting 30 production jobs due to falling workloads. The Barnsley steelwork firm is moving from double to single shift working at its factories at Wombwell and Yate in Bristol. Steve Fareham, managing director of Billington, told the Enquirer: “The general problems ...
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• French company Fnac cuts 510 jobs

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Fnac, the leading French cultural products chain, will lay off 510 of its 17,000 staff and may pull out of Italy as part of a cost-cutting plan to save €80m a year against a backdrop of shrinking sales. "The worsening of the economic crisis in the last six months has led to a sharp fall in household consumption, ...
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• Wood-Mode to layoff 90 workers

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Wood-Mode will lay off 90 of its 1,100-person workforce "over the next four weeks to accommodate the overall reduction in its cabinet sales volume, " said Tom Morgensen, the companys vice president of human resources. "Its unfortunate," Morgensen said late Monday afternoon after the announcement. "Its sad, and we ...
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• British Army layoffs 400 Gurkhas

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  The British Army on Tuesday announced to lay off around 400 Gurkha soldiers from the Brigade of Gurkhas. The British Army will offer a comprehensive program for resettlement into civilian life to all the laid-off Gurkha soldiers, according to a press statement issued by the British Embassy in Kathmandu. The statement ...
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• UKs Premier Foods announces 600 job cuts

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  A major UK food supplier has announced it is to lay off around 600 workers as it prepares to face a tough 2012. Publishing its growth plan for the coming year, Premier Foods said it would be doubling its savings projections, attempting to cut £40 million of spend by 2013 by creating a "stronger and more efficient ...
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• Sperry Marine cuts 50 jobs in Charlottesville

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  According to a Sperry Marine spokesperson, about 50 people will lose their jobs in Charlottesville. The spokesman said, Sperry needed to eliminate 800 positions, and announced the layoffs back in October. More than 300 employees chose to participate in a voluntary reduction program. About 400 layoffs are being ...
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• Macys to close Texas city store, 97 jobs cut

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Macy’s Inc. is laying off 97 employees as it closes its Texas City location. The Cincinnati-based retailer is closing the store as part of the company’s process to prune underperforming stores. The layoffs will occur between March 9 and March 22, according to documents from the Texas Workforce Commission. The ...
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• LSU Health Care Services plans for 100 layoffs

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Employees at University Medical Center have received a notice of impending layoff. The LSU Health Care Services Division, which oversees UMC, sent out the notices Tuesday to employees at its eight institutions across the state. The notice is required by state civil service rules, but does not necessarily mean that ...
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• Northrop Grumman layoffs 90 employees in Maryland

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  Ninety Maryland employees of Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Electronic Systems sector will be laid off, the company announced Tuesday. The cuts are part of a 400 person company-wide reduction. In October, the Fall Church, Va.-based defense contractor announced plans to cut 800 positions across the country in their ...
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• Wethersfield Health Care Center to cut 145 jobs by March

  
  Layoff Tracker — Authority: 426
  There are about 60 fewer patients since the owner of Wethersfield Health Care Center told the state it would like to close the nursing home — and as a result, HealthBridge Management announced Tuesday, it will be laying off 145 of the staffers there in March. Although the nursing home is obligated to give the state ...
  2 weeks ago

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