Fairchild Semiconductor will close a Pennsylvania wafer fabrication plant as part of the chip maker's ongoing cost-reduction. The company, based in South Portland, Maine, cut…
American Power Conversion will relocate its Rhode Island manufacturing & distribution operations from West Warwick to a plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania, eliminating 75 jobs. Another…
Temporary layoffs began at an Eaton Corporation plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania this week. The plant produces electrical equipment, including circuit breakers, and employs about…
Hershey's is shuttering its Redlands, California distribution center and sending the jobs to Utah. About 90 jobs will be lost. Hershey's, the nation's second-largest candymaker,…
Philadelphia-based Sunoco is reducing its salaried work force and contractors. The refinery company will cut its work force by 20%, or 750 jobs, this year.…
Greenwich, Connecticut-based railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming will furlough 50 more employees in the next 30 days, in addition to 95 furloughed so far. Genesee…
PPG Industries, the world’s second-biggest paint maker, will cut an additional 2,500 jobs to trim costs because of slowing auto and manufacturing sales. Pittsburgh-based PPG…
Essroc’s cement plant in Bessemer, Pennsylvania is being idled with the possibility of closing for good. Employees at the plant were told on Monday that…
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry has released the statistics on January employment for the state. Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted civilian labor force -- the…