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Jaguar – 1,000 new jobs with 24-hour production
Soaring foreign demand for Range Rover Evoque and Freelander 2 models 30,000 people are believed to have applied for the new posts Bosses are hoping to achieve record profits of about £1.5bn this year Firm was bought by Indian manufacturing giant Tata from Ford in 2008 Jaguar Land Rover has created 1,000 new jobs by … Continue reading
Union wants automakers to invest
The Canadian Auto Workers union, which made concessions when the big U.S. automakers were struggling, says it wants to share in the profits now that the industry has “turned the corner.” As it geared up for contract talks slated to begin this week, the union said Monday that the automakers need to invest in their … Continue reading
SUNY Downstate Medical Center – More than 1,000 workers are losing jobs
More than 1,000 people are slated to be laid off at financially-troubled SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the next year — with hundreds now getting word they’re being axed. One of every eight employees at the cash-strapped hospital’s East Flatbush and Cobble Hill facilities are being let go, according to Brooklyn pols who have asked … Continue reading
ThyssenKrupp Layoffs – Mobile County Shaken
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA announced plans Monday to lay off nearly 200 workers from its Calvert plant of more than 1,600 people. The German Steel Company said the reduction of their workforce by 197 jobs, of which 143 are hourly positions, is due to “the increasing costs of raw materials used by the plant and slower … Continue reading
Wind – Vestas begins layoffs
Vestas on Monday confirmed an undisclosed number of workers at its Pueblo tower plant received layoff notices as the wind turbine maker began a pullback due to slumping U.S. orders. The company declined to give a specific number of job cuts but outside observers estimated the layoffs could affect about 90 of the plant’s 450 … Continue reading
Dove Industries – 106 layoffs
Vinyl window maker Dove Industries is closing its plant on the Sans Souci Parkway this week and 106 employees are losing their jobs, according to a notice filed with the state Department of Labor and Industry. Dove Industries sought new capital to stay open but was advised that financing was not available to continue its … Continue reading
Discrimination and Gender Wage Gap
“We’d all like to think, in 2012, that pay discrimination is a thing of the past,” the progressive activist Joy Lawson wrote in the Huffington Post recently. “But the pay gap still exists, and it’s big: women earn an average of 77 cents on a man’s dollar.” The pay gap is exaggerated, discrimination doesn’t drive it and it’s not … Continue reading
Solar – Schletter – 305 Jobs in Cleveland County
Schletter, Inc., one of the largest designers and manufacturers of solar power mounting systems, will establish a production and distribution facility in Shelby. The company plans to create 305 jobs in North Carolina by the end of 2016, and invest more than $27 million in its Cleveland County facility. The project was made possible in … Continue reading
What is happening in Apple Stores? Layoffs and Working Hours Cuts ?
It seems that Apple is in the midst of reducing the working hours of staff at its retail stores, and even laying off those recently taken on. Apple has reportedly been making cuts to its retail workforce, many of them new employees fresh out of the store’s training program. Apple fan site MacRumors said that … Continue reading
More clean cars means more jobs
Everybody’s worried about the high unemployment rate, and they should be. But fuel-efficient cars, hybrids and electrics are putting Americans to work big time. Clean cars create jobs. The Big Three automakers, addicted to the profits they made off big SUVs, saw economic ruin in subcompacts, hybrids and — heaven forbid — battery electrics. But … Continue reading
Ireland – Jobless figures in Cork City have surged to almost triple since 2005
AS THE recession bit, the sight of hundreds of people queuing outside Cork city’s dole office on Hanover Quay, the queue snaking around the corner, over Parliament Bridge, and down Wandsford Quay, became a national symbol of the depth of the jobs crisis facing the nation. The queue was at its longest between 2009 and … Continue reading
India – Only one out of 10 students graduating from Tier 2, 3 and 4 engineering colleges is readily employable
Even as students continue to make a beeline for engineering courses with an eye on the job prospects, a study finds that most engineering graduates are not readily employable. A PurpleLeap (an entry-level talent management company) Industry Readiness Index survey reveals that only one out of 10 students graduating from Tier 2, 3 and 4 … Continue reading
US Healthcare Workers – A sizeable increase in those who believe the economy is getting weaker
The Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. healthcare workers, declined 4.5 points to 53.9 in the second quarter of 2012, according to a recent online survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Randstad Healthcare. The quarterly survey of 232 workers currently employed in the healthcare industry, which included physicians, … Continue reading
India – MBA – Only one fifth employable
According to a nationwide study of marks secured by 2,264 management graduates, while MBA seats have increased by 30 per cent since 2007, recruiting companies found only that only 21 per cent business school graduates were employable. A similar previous study in 2007 placed employability index at 25 per cent. The study was carried out … Continue reading
UK – Highly paid jobs have become even better paid
Jobs including chief executives and managers have contributed to the rise in wage inequality in recent decades, research has shown. Highly paid jobs have become even better paid, including company executives and general managers of large organisations whose hourly pay jumped from £12.07 in 1975 to £49.20 in 1996, according to the study by Dr … Continue reading
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