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CSC to axe 640 Lorenzo jobs according to union
US company CSC is to cut 640 UK jobs relating to its ‘unworkable’ Lorenzo NHS IT contract, taking the total of announced job cuts to over 1,100 since February, according to the Unite trade union. The majority of cuts will affect CSC employees in Chesterfield, Chorley, Leeds and Solihull, Unite said in a statement on … Continue reading
ST-Ericsson will cut 1,700 jobs
Chip maker ST-Ericsson will cut 1,700 jobs and shift a key part of its product to parent STMicro, forcing the French co-owner to focus more on its loss-making and volatile wireless business. ST-Ericsson said it would partner with STMicro to develop application processors, after failing to cut a deal with one of four other companies. … Continue reading
Australia | Finance Industry Has Lost 3k Jobs in the first 4 months of 2012
A shocking 3000 jobs have been lost in Australia’s finance industry in the first four months of the year according to the National Secretary of the Financial Services Union. Though the majority of these jobs were lost in the first six weeks of the year, with the announcement from the Australia & New Zealand Banking … Continue reading
LA | Mayor calls for 669 job cuts
In his new city budget, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called Friday for the elimination of 669 city jobs -– 231 through layoffs — even as he sought increased staffing levels for police officers and the restoration of some services at the Fire Department. One-third of the jobs targeted by the mayor in his $7.2-billion … Continue reading
162 layoffs in Quebec City | Illegal says Union
The 162 blue-collar layoffs issued by the City of Quebec yesterday are illegal. This was the legal opinion given to the executive of the City’s manual workers’ union (Syndicat des employés manuels – CUPE 1638) who were quick to file a motion for intervention with the Quebec labour relations board, the Commission des relations du … Continue reading
UPDATE – American Airlines layoffs
Facing layoffs and other cuts, unions at American Airlines back merger bid from US Airways US Airways made an end run around its larger rival and secured the support of American’s three labour unions in its bid to force a merger. The unions were angry with American over its plan to cut jobs and squeeze … Continue reading
Wisconsin | 4,300 private sector jobs lost
Wisconsin lost 4,300 private sector jobs in March, the state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday, bad news for Gov. Scott Walker as he nears a June 5 recall election. Since Walker took office, the state has added just 5,900 private sector jobs — far from the 250,000 Walker promised to deliver by the end … Continue reading
H.B Fuller | 130 jobs cut
The company will close six facilities and cut 90 jobs by mid-2013. In December, H.B. Fuller said it will buy Forbo’s industrial adhesives business for $395 million as it bulks up its presence in Europe. St Paul, Minnesota-based H.B. Fuller will close the former Forbo corporate and research offices in North Carolina resulting in 40 … Continue reading
Bodog | 70 Layoffs
After reports circulated earlier this week that 70 employees had been made redundant at Bodog’s UK headquarters, the site yesterday confirmed their validity in a statement issued to PokerNews while citing a restructuring effort as the reason for the shake-up… Source: Read More @ Gambling Online Magazine | News | Big Layoffs At Bodog.
Cleveland | Layoffs of 508 Teachers
The Cleveland School Board unanimously passed a good portion of the CEO’s budget recommendations at Tuesday night’s meeting – including laying off 508 teachers. The rest of the plan the was not voted on. They will vote on the remaining parts on May 4th. During the meeting Eric Gordon, CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), … Continue reading
American Airlines | 1,200 layoffs of nonunion workers
American Airlines plans to lay off 1,200 nonunion workers by the end of the summer as it closes an Arizona reservation center and outsources skycaps and some customer service and gate agents as part of its corporate restructuring. On Wednesday, the Fort Worth-based airline outlined plans to reduce annual employee costs by $95 million for … Continue reading
Update | Sony | Cuts 326 EMI’s publishing staff
Sony to Cut 326 EMI Publishing Jobs After Purchase Closes – Bloomberg Sony Corp. (6758) plans to cut 326 jobs at EMI Publishing within two years after U.S. and European regulators approve its $2.2 billion acquisition of the U.K. music company… Source: via Sony to Cut 326 EMI Publishing Jobs After Purchase Closes – Bloomberg. … Continue reading
Dairy Crest | 500 jobs at risk
Dairy Crest announced plans to shut a glass bottling dairy at Aintree, where 220 people work, and a site at Fenstanton in Cambridgeshire employing 250 people. The company also said its contract to supply milk to Tesco would not be renewed when it comes to an end in July. Dairy Crest sells around 3% of … Continue reading
LA | 350 workers face layoffs after 56 courtrooms closure
A state-ordered cut of $30 million to the Los Angeles Superior Courts budget will prompt the closure of 56 courtrooms countywide, layoffs of 350 workers and the “erosion of access to justice,” an official said Tuesday. The cuts will shutter 24 civil, 24 criminal, three family law, one probate and four juvenile delinquency courtrooms, according … Continue reading
Sony | Could Layoff 60 percent of EMI’s publishing staff
The European Commission is expected to issue a ruling on Thursday in one of the music industry’s biggest deals in the past decade: Sony’s proposed $2.2 billion takeover of EMI Music Publishing. In public, Sony has said little about the deal, except to soothe fears that the combined company might dominate the lucrative publishing industry. … Continue reading
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