Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski has announced an Emergency Jobs Program to create 12,000 entry-level temporary jobs paying between $8.40 and $10 per hour. Local governments,…
Detroit Public Schools will lay off 33 principals, and reassign 37. One-quarter of the district's schools will be affected. The district did not renew contracts…
Foster Farms plans to restore all 1,300 jobs at its shuttered Pilgrim's Pride chicken processing plant in Farmerville, Louisiana. Pilgrim's Pride shut down the plant…
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has announced that 1,000 city workers will lose their jobs, after the city's biggest union rejected $38 million in wage…
Iowa's Democratic Governor Chet Culver has signed a bill to spend $830 million to upgrade the state’s infrastructure, and to rebuild after 2008’s flooding. Culver…
Henkel will add 103 jobs to its glue factory in Salisbury, North Carolina. The company will merge its out-of-state operations into the Salisbury plant, which…
California's Alien Technology is closing down its Fargo, North Carolina plant, laying off 30 workers. The layoffs will be complete by mid-June. The factory manufactures…
The Colorado Department of Transportation is expanding its on-the-job training program, which prepares young people for highway construction jobs. The program is paid for through…
The Montgomery County, Ohio Sheriff's Department is laying off 15 employees, including deputies. Montgomery County will cut its 2009 budget by 2.5%, necessitating the cuts,…