Archive for March, 2009

Deere announces layoffs at Ottumwa plant (WOI-TV Des Moines)

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) - Deere & Co. has announced it will lay off 40 workers at its plant in Ottumwa. Public Relations Director Ken Golden confirmed the layoffs on Tuesday. The cuts will take effect April 20. The company says production workers with the least experience are in line for the layoffs.

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Tuition hikes, bigger classes and layoffs forecast as University of Louisiana System faces $66.6 million in cuts (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Warning of higher tuition, lower enrollment, bigger classes and layoffs, University of Louisiana System President Randy Moffett today showed how $66.6 million in proposed budget cuts would be distributed among the eight-campus network.

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LA school board puts off vote on huge layoff (San Francisco Chronicle)

The Los Angeles Board of Education has put off a vote on whether to lay off thousands of teachers and other workers because of a huge budget deficit in the nation’s second-largest school district. Crowds of teachers and support workers packed the board room…

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LA school board puts off vote on huge layoff (The Fresno Bee)

The Los Angeles Board of Education has put off a vote on whether to lay off thousands of teachers and other workers because of a huge budget deficit in the nation’s second-largest school district. Read comments

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