More temporary layoffs at Belvidere Chrysler Plant (WREX-TV Rockford)
Workers weigh their options after another series of layoffs hits the Belvidere Chrysler Plant.
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Archive for January, 2009
BNSF says most layoffs completed (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
Although the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. reported Jan. 21 plans to reduce its workforce by about 2,500 employees during the first quarter of 2009 — across its entire system — a BNSF spokesman said Friday that most of the layoffs have already taken place. The railroad has about 41,000 employees.
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Putting news of job cuts into perspective (San Francisco Chronicle)
Earnings season has turned into layoff season. Over the past two weeks, as public companies have been reporting their often-dismal fourth-quarter results, many have announced an alarming number of staff reductions, sometimes reaching into the tens of…
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Lynch’s layoffs: Tough talk for tough times (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Gov. John Lynch on Thursday called state employee layoffs “unavoidable” this year. Perhaps sobriety is finally returning to the state budget process.
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