ATS "Up to the Minute Layoffs"

This is to announce I'm starting a thread covering daily layoffs from around the Country and World.

I'll try to keep it as up to date as possible...feel free to add in daily layoffs I might miss, after scanning through the daily list up to your posting point.

You also might want to re-scan things that catch your eye occasionally, as I'll add updates or linked story's to some listings as they become available.

My 2009 Depression Validated thread has larger Macro-Economic links...

I hope this thread is short, but, in these trying times, you just might see your community or employer listing here first...

[edit on 4/22/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Layoffs for April 21st-22nd 2009

More Microsoft job cuts rumored
www.bizjournals.com...

Oracle to Lay Off Thousands of Sun Workers?
eweek.com

GM will layoff in Spring Hill while Senator Corker strives to save the plant
www.tennessean.com...

Goodyear lays off 5% of workforce, considering tax hike
www.azcentral.com...

234 layoffs would leave city no one to carry out rules
toledoblade.com

Navarre to unveil plan on how to keep Toledo safe after layoffs
www.wtol.com...

Findlay firefighters take a hit from tax revenue shortfall
www.wtol.com...

Findlay officials hear opposition to proposed layoffs
www.wfin.com...

New York Times posts loss on slumping ad revenue
www.reuters.com...

New York State Assembly Votes to Put Thousands Out of Work
realestatechannel.com

Levy seeks authority to lay off hundreds of workers
www.newsday.com...

Suffolk County exec files revised layoff measure
www.empirestatenews.net...

Spokane police issue layoffs before two begin work
www.spokesman.com...

Wayne County company switches to four-day work weeks to avoid layoffs
www.whec.com...

Furnace issues at 2 steelmakers likely mean layoffs
www.nwi.com...

MassMutual layoff affects 53 in sales
masslive.com

Warning Of Layoffs At Los Angeles Daily News
www.mediabistro.com...

Lansing School District board OKs 170 layoffs
www.wilx.com...
www.chicagotribune.com...

Lucia Mar school board expected to approve more layoffs tonight
www.sanluisobispo.com...

Streetsboro struggles with payroll deadline: Layoffs leave finance department short-staffed; Wagner seeks part-time clerk to help
www.recordpub.com...

Public board sends layoff notices to 159 teachers
www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com...

KREM lays off at least 10 employees
www.spokesman.com...

Diamond Power lays off 20 people
www.lancastereaglegazette.com...

Downsizing deals - Latrobe Specialty Steel cuts 20% jobs
steelguru.com...

Noble International announces closure of South Haven plant
www.wwmt.com...

Fraser Marine laying off bulk of unionized workforce
www.wellandtribune.ca...

Warren Firefighters Asked to Take Concessions
www.wytv.com...

Warren Firefighters Call for Mayor to Resign
www.wytv.com...

Loveland company lays off 40 workers
www.reporterherald.com...

Notice to the teacher and combining the jobs of two media center specialists to cut costs
mlive.com

W.Va. auto parts maker to lay off eight workers
www.dailymail.com...

Brighton to send layoff notices to 50 teachers
www.livingstondaily.com...

UPDATE 1-French workers trash buildings over layoffs
www.reuters.com...

[edit on 4/22/2009 by Hx3_1963]

reply to post by Hx3_1963


good luck my friend, i dont know how you will find the time, you already keep the marketwatch alive

S F

reply to post by Seany
Me either

Laid Off Teachers Won't Likely Know Fate Until Fall
www.theindychannel.com...

Superintendent's contract extended at Hanover-Horton
mlive.com

Brown-Forman to lay off 250
www.courier-journal.com...

Team Industries in Park Rapids, Minn., lays off 79 more workers
www.inforum.com...

Georgia-Pacific to lay off 39 hourly workers
www.pressrepublican.com...

Seaport lays off 18 full-time employees
www.theday.com...

Ruwel forced to lay off
www.evertiq.com...

Erickson School of Aging lays off 11 employees
www.retrieverweekly.com...

UPDATE: HSBC Lays Off 100 HK Private Bankers; 8% Of Staff
online.wsj.com...

Legg lays off 40, five of them in Baltimore
www.baltimoresun.com...

Fiji Water lays off employees
www.fijivillage.com...

Specialty truck builder consolidating its operations in Summerville
www.charleston.net...

Contra Costa DA's Office Plans Major Cuts
www.kcbs.com...

Marshall foundation lays off 4 as income drops
wvgazette.com...

Hennepin County commissioners look at voluntary furlough plan
startribune.com

Southfield Schools Lay Off 112 Employees
www.wxyz.com...

Nordstorm lays off 62 at Cedar Rapids center
www.desmoinesregister.com...

Lexmark to Lay Off 360
www.employmentspectator.com...

Schools may lay off more than 20
www.statesmanjournal.com...

Ypsilanti to lay off police and firefighters in effort to balance city budget
mlive.com

Steelmaker ThyssenKrupp to close Saline facility next month
mlive.com

25 Saginaw Metal Casting white-collar workers lose their jobs
mlive.com

South Haven auto supplier's plant to close if it is not purchased
mlive.com

South Haven reacts to possible closure of Noble International plant; potential layoff of nearly 300
mlive.com

[edit on 4/22/2009 by Hx3_1963]

LAYOFF DAILY -
Wed 4-22-2009

A few to start off the day -

Mass. Bay Transportation Authority -75
Goodyear -27
OshKosh B'Gosh -90
Fire Truck Plant Closes
Independence Blue Cross -100
Latrobe Specialty Steel -165
Yahoo -675

and in other countries -

Laid Off French Workers Trash Building
uk.reuters.com...
* Closure due to downturn in auto industry
* 1,120 jobs set to go
PARIS, April 21
(Reuters) - Workers from a tyre factory in France trashed two buildings on Tuesday after learning that an attempt to block the planned closure of their plant in court had failed. German car parts maker Continental, which operates the plant at Clairoix in northern France, announced on March 11 it would close the site as well as a German plant at Hanover because of a severe auto industry crisis.

Wal-Mart China -10,000?
chinaworker.info...
Wal-Mart threatens 10,000 job cuts in China
Wed, 22 Apr 2009. 200 white collar staff protest against layoffs outside the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen chinaworker.info

Hospital lays off 10 people
www.honoluluadvertiser.com...

Sheriff's department lays off six employees
putnamsentinel.com...

Cleaning product manfacturer will lay off 71
www.bizjournals.com...

Manheim Company Lays Off 30 Workers
www.wgal.com...

kk-group to lay off 26
www.evertiq.com...

Dyersburg transformer plant lays of 90
www.wmctv.com...

UPDATE: AB Volvo Layoffs Add To Sweden's Jobless Woes
online.wsj.com...

MBTA announces 70 layoffs, extensive furlough plan
www.wickedlocal.com...

Layoffs at Fraser RECESSION: Thirty-five employees get pink slip
www.wellandtribune.ca...

HCC faculty, administrators discuss layoffs at student forum
www.wcfcourier.com...

Cowlitz County plans to lay off 25 workers
www.seattlepi.com...

MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe Fired, Reports TechCrunch (NWS)
www.businessinsider.com...

Despite first-quarter gains, T. Rowe lays off 5.5% of work force
investmentnews.com

Mass Mutual lays off workers, more in offing
investmentnews.com

West Frankfort city council lays off two workers
www.kfvs12.com...

UBS To Layoff More Than 500 Brokers In US Wealth Mgmt -Source
online.wsj.com...

Teacher layoff count expected tonight
www.issaquahpress.com...

Castaic Union to lay off 10
www.the-signal.com...

Chicago Tribune reduces newsroom staff
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com...

Chicago Tribune Lays Off 53 Newsroom Staffers
www.huffingtonpost.com...

UPDATE 1-Tribune seeks court OK for layoff, bonus payments
www.reuters.com...

Apache cutting 6 percent of jobs worldwide
www.reuters.com...

China Estimates 30 Million Farmers, 4% of Rural Population, Have Lost Jobs
www.bloomberg.com...

Wal-Mart Pressing Ahead With Plan to Cut China Management; Unions Involved
www.bloomberg.com...

Surprise eliminates 23 job positions in effort to cut $1.9M
www.azcentral.com...

Oshkosh B'Gosh to Lay Off Workers
www.weau.com...

UBS To Lay Off US Brokers With Under $250,000 In Production-Sources
online.wsj.com...

Sovereign cuts 50 in human resources
www.bostonherald.com...

T. Rowe Price lays off 44 in Springs
gazette.com

T. Rowe Price Lays Off 288
www.employmentspectator.com...

Plum Creek lays off 39 office workers
missoulian.com...

GM plans to close U.S. factories for nine weeks
www.ksdk.com...

Kirkland & Ellis Lays Off Staffers
www.cltmag.com...

Cornell University lays off employees because of fundraising problems
theithacan.org...

Team Industries lays off 79 more workers at Park Rapids plant
www.dl-online.com...

Valmont to close Elkhart steel unit
www.southbendtribune.com.../20090422/Biz/904220419/1013/Biz

School District To Lay Off Teachers
wsjm.com...

Grand Traverse Co. Road Commission to layoff about ten workers
www.9and10news.com...

[edit on 4/22/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Finally there is an index that counterweighs unwarranted exuberance based on government data manipulation.

I brought something for the thread warming . . . where did I put it . . . ?
Oh, here it is.

AP Sources:GM to shut many US plants up to 9 weeks

DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, three people briefed on the plan said Wednesday.

finance.yahoo.com...

The exact dates of the closures are not known, but the people said they will occur around the normal two-week shutdown in July when changes are made from one model year to the next. None of the people wanted to be identified because workers have not yet been told of the shutdowns.

Hey, spinky, what you are going to tell them? Any idea? Those dudes got big wrenches, so be careful about how you deliver the news to them.

LAYOFF DAILY
Wed 4-22-2009

GM to Shut Most Plants 9 Weeks
Castaic Schools -10
City of Surprise AZ -23
Plum Creek Timber -39
Apache Corp. -200
InTest Corp. -25
Jacksonville FL Bus Drivers -660
Chicago Tribune -53
GMAC Insurance -54
HSBC in Hong Kong -100
Mass Mutual Cuts Again -53
Phillip Morris Closing Plant -1,100
Kokomo Indiana on Thin Ice
Newspaper Closes -10
ERMCO -90 S
pray Nine Corp. -71
Lansing MI Schools -170
T. Rowe Price -288
Honolulu Shriners Hospital -10
Thousands of Sun Workers Fear for Jobs
Marlboro Workers Face 20% Pay Cut
Sanlo Inc. Closes Plant -70
Fraser Marine and Industrial -35
GSI Commerce Call Center -279
Munksjo Decor Closing Plant -120
exmark Closing Mexican Plant -270
American LaFrance Closing 2 Plants
Tannery Closing -16
Warvel Products Closing -35
Northumberland Hills Hospital -24
Brighton MI Schools -50
Nordstorm in Cedar Rapids -62
Southfield MI Schools -104
Volvo in Sweden -1,500
Mooresville NC Schools -60
Mystic Seaport -18
Pratt-Read Corp. -20
Mass. Bay Transportation Authority -75
Goodyear -27
OshKosh B'Gosh -90
Fire Truck Plant Closes
Independence Blue Cross -100
Latrobe Specialty Steel -165
Yahoo -675

TOTAL - 6,750 +
and...
Wal-Mart China -10,000?

Slowing down?
Um.. not so much...



[edit on 22-4-2009 by spinkyboo]

Current Unemployment Rates for States and Historical Highs/Lows

www.bls.gov...

reply to post by spinkyboo

That's not that bad... seriously. The unemployment is only breaking records in 7 of the 51 states... and a lot of them are way lower than past records... but of course we ain't see nothing yet. The worst is still ahead.

Originally posted by Vitchilo
reply to post by spinkyboo

 

That's not that bad... seriously. The unemployment is only breaking records in 7 of the 51 states... and a lot of them are way lower than past records... but of course we ain't see nothing yet. The worst is still ahead.

I thought the same thing - only 7 -
but I also don't believe the numbers necessarily. That's just the realist in me.
And 7 is not good

I also think it's a different world -
so it's difficult to compare what is happening now - with any other time in history.

It'll take a bit of a miracle to turn things around.
Even if it all stopped tomorrow - no more layoffs - we would have a serious climb out of the dark. There will be sad stories. But with the dark - comes the light. People will get creative and resourceful.

And there will be more lay offs.

[edit on 23-4-2009 by spinkyboo]

Premera lays off 95 workers
seattletimes.nwsource.com...

Mansfield to lay off 18 police officers
www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com...

TOWN OF TONAWANDA: GM plant lays off about 60 salaried workers
www.niagara-gazette.com...

County could lay off 50, more cuts possible
blogs.phillyburbs.com...

Public school board expects to lay off 159 teachers
www.northumberlandtoday.com...

Nearly 280 educators in Rochester city schools are facing layoffs.
www.nysut.org...

Legg Mason lays off 24
www.stamfordadvocate.com...

More Teachers To Be Laid-Off?
www.wkrg.com...

Chico Schools One Step Closer to Teacher Layoffs
www.khsltv.com...

District to give layoff notices to 158 teachers
www.issaquahpress.com...

Clifford Chance Lays Off New York Staff
www.jdjournal.com...

Philip Morris to Close NC Cigarette Plant; Lay Off 1,100; Save Lives
www.employmentspectator.com...

Mark Andy to lay off 58 in Milford
www.bizjournals.com...

660 School Bus Drivers Get Pink Slips
www.news4jax.com...

[edit on 4/23/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Layoffs for April 23rd 2009

Mass layoffs, unemployment claims rise in March
triangle.bizjournals.com...

Agilent lays off 300 workers
www.pressdemocrat.com...

Capital One to lay off 58 employees
www.timesdispatch.com...

Schnader Harrison Lays Off Attorneys, Staff
www.law.com...

Miami Art Museum announces layoffs, fewer temporary exhibitions
www.miamiherald.com...

Lawrence lays off 19 workers who rebuffed furloughs
www.eagletribune.com...

MBTA to lay off 75 to trim deficit
bostonhospitalityindustry.blogspot.com...

WHYY cites budget woes as it lays off 17 staffers
www.philly.com...

Chrysler lays off 450 to 500 temporarily: Automaker says Twinsburg plant workers could return next month
www.bedfordtimesregister.com...

Hospital lays off 23 employees
www.wausaudailyherald.com...

Budget restrictions lead to layoff of library employees
www.lancastereaglegazette.com...

Premera lays off 95 workers
www.vinsure.com...

Wyeth lays off 89 in Guayama
www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com...

Northwest Community Schools to issue layoff notices to 12 teachers
www.mlive.com...

Defense firm Saab reports Q1 loss, cuts 300 jobs
www.cnbc.com...

Lloyds Banking Group cuts 985 jobs
www.telegraph.co.uk...

19 teachers take buyouts at merged district; layoffs may be avoided
www.timesonline.com...

Guild asks Daily News staff to cut their hours
www.laobserved.com...

Finance Layoffs: Lloyds, BofA, Capital One and more
www.thedeal.com...

Embarq to layoff 51 in Rocky Mount
www.bizjournals.com...

Botanic Garden Lays Off 10
www.independent.com...

Chicago Tribune lays off art critic
www.artsjournal.com...

Eaton lays off 24 employees
www.bradenton.com...

Accent Marketing Services will lay off 163 at Kansas City call center
www.bizjournals.com...

Freescale to shut Boca plant, lay off 69
www.bizjournals.com...

Alcoa Announces Layoffs
www.wqad.com...

[edit on 4/23/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Oerlikon Solar Lays Off 60, Sees Q1 Sales Dropped by 32%
greenlight.greentechmedia.com...

NCCo lays off paramedics after they reject salary cuts
www.communitypub.com...

CafePress Virtually Lays Off Thousands of Shopkeepers
www.wolfstad.com...

Eaton Corp. lays off 44 at Mountain Home plant
www.wxvt.com...

Danaher to lay off 2,300; close 16 facilities
www.inddist.com...

School district to lay off 73
www.pioneerlocal.com...

Arena Lays Off 130 Employees After Weight Drug Disappointment
www.xconomy.com...

Sequenom to Lay Off 30 Staffers to Cut Costs
www.genomeweb.com...

Contra Costa Schools to Lay Off 33
www.employmentspectator.com...

Stora Enso lay off 2000 employees.
www.crunchvictims.com...

[edit on 4/23/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Unemployment Claims: Continued Claims at Record

www.calculatedriskblog.com...

Despite Optimism That a Recovery is Coming, Cost-Cutting Plans Far From Over for U.S. Companies, Hewitt Survey Reveals

www.earthtimes.org...

reply to post by spinkyboo
Crazy isn't it???

The MSM says things are getting better, but, I haven't seen it yet...

And true to form, today's UE numbers made up for Good Fridays non-reporting day...

[edit on 4/23/2009 by Hx3_1963]

GM to Temporarily Shut 13 Plants, Cut Production

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Published: April 23, 2009
Filed at 6:02 p.m. ET
DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. said Thursday it will temporarily close 13 assembly plants in the U.S. and Mexico -- some for more than two months -- laying off more than 26,000 workers to pare back a bloated inventory.
workers to pare back a bloated inventory.

www.nytimes.com...

26,000 for a few months.... ?
This will be an interesting watch.

Originally posted by Hx3_1963
reply to post by spinkyboo

 

Crazy isn't it???

The MSM says things are getting better, but, I haven't seen it yet...

You know - it's just common sense - No nation can let go of this many people and not see some serious repercussions. It isn't on the mend yet - it is clearly still on the drop.

It isn't nice to tell lies - Better to tell the truth and let everyone attempt to make plans to join family - etc...

As I have said before - A good government would be helping people in a different way. Talk about survival - how to prepare - barter options.

Help folks to get simple while times are lean -
and give them a break wherever you can. Stop raping us.

This is leadership. And this is what we haven't learned yet -

LAYOFF DAILY
Thur 4-23-2009

Arena Pharmaceuticals -130
Mark Andy Inc. -58
GM to Temporarily Shut 13 Plants for two months -26,000
Association of Fundraising Professionals -6
Alcoa Davenport Works -275
Freescale Semiconductor -69
City of Wilmington, DE -75
Eaton Corp. -66
GM Marketing Staff -45
Arizona school employees and teachers -5,500
Accent Marketing Services -163
Issaquah School Board -158
California Pacific Medical -200
University of Central FL -520
Agilent -300
Hampshire Group -15
Seattle Schools -70
City of Mansfield Police -18
Capital One -60

TOTAL - 33,735 +

and we still have a couple of hours to go.
I added the 26,000 - not to sensationalize - but because - for at least 2 months
there will be this many more people out of work - and collecting benefits.
Let's hope for new and better technology -
that these folks can go back to work doing.

and...
Continued Unemployment claims at a record 640K, up 27K from last week Department of Labor: 300K jobs lost in March from mass layoffs
Survey: 25% of Large U.S. Companies Considering additional layoffs

no link but Cardinal Scales Manufacturing laid off 25 employees after christmas, 50 employees in January. May 1 they will furlough another 50 employees, doing so will deny this group of 50 unemployment benefits.

I got this info from my mother today, she was laid off from there with the group of 50 in January. she went today to talk to some fellow co workers that are still working there and that's what they told her is coming up.

they also said the supervisors have to take up to 3 weeks off unpaid.