General Motors announced a nationwide staff reduction of 1,600 salaried positions today. Most of the layoffs will take effect this week, with the rest finished…
Louisville, Kentucky-based liquor manufacturer Brown-Forman will cut its work force by 250 employees, mostly in the United States and Mexico. The remainder of the layoffs…
Redwood City, California-based Oracle’s purchase of rival Sun Microsystems, announced today, could doom thousands of jobs at the companies’ Burlington, Massachusetts' plants. Oracle will buy…
Unemployment in Maryland hit 6.9% in March, a nearly 17-year high. Two-hundred and five thousand Marylanders sought jobs last month. State unemployment has not been…
The unemployment rate in Minnesota hit 8.2% in March, as the state lost 23,200 jobs according to the state Department of Employment and Economic Development.…
Toledo, Ohio has issued layoff notices to 75 police officers, 17 fire department civilian workers, and 142 general-fund workers. Layoffs will begin May 1st. Remaining…
Eight vacant firefighter positions which were recently cut from the San Bernadino, California Fire Department to save $1.2 million, may be restored. Councilman Chas Kelley…
Cedar Rapids, Iowa has ankled two full-time and five part-time library employees. The workers include a supervisor and five book-shelvers. The main library was shuttered…