Southfield, Michigan school board members will vote Tuesday on layoffs, as part of a budget for the 2009-10 school year. The layoffs would affect 150,…
The Sun-Times Media Group, parent of the Chicago Sun-Times, laid off an undisclosed number of employees, trimming payroll by 15%. The layoffs affected non-union employees…
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is talking with unions, in an attempt to avoid layoffs through union concessions. Budget cuts may compel the Windy City…
The Uttermost Co. of Franklin County, Virginia laid off an undisclosed number of employees this week, said to be "fewer than 25." Mathematicians agree this…
Carlyle & Co. will lay off 90 people in Greensboro, North Carolina this summer. Finlay Enterprises, which owns the jewelry store chain, is consolidating operations…
California's unemployment rate skyrocketed to 11.2% in March, the highest since before World War II. The national rate was 8.5%. The Employment Development Department says…
California's Silicon Valley, the nation's information technology mecca, saw its unemployment rate hit 11% in March, nearly doubling in one year. The nation's unemployment rate…
Arkansas's March unemployment rate rose to 6.5%, a 0.1% hike from February. The Arkansas Workforce Services Department reports that the "Natural State" lost 17,100 jobs…
Automated microchip test equipment maker Teradyne will eliminate 350 jobs in Q2, and further slash its executives' annual salaries. The layoffs affect 9% of Teradyne's…