Election over let the layoff start: Boeing to cut 30%

Boeing Co announced a major restructuring of its defense division on Wednesday that will cut 30 percent of management jobs from 2010 levels, close facilities in California and consolidate several business units to cut costs.

[link to www.chicagotribune.com]




Vestas Seeks 20 Percent Stake Sale, Cuts 3,000 More Jobs


Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS) is seeking to sell a stake of as much as 20 percent and said it’s reducing headcount by 3,000 to raise the staff cuts by the biggest wind turbine maker to almost a third over two years.

[link to www.businessweek.com]


Hawker Beechcraft announces more layoffs

The company says 240 employees will lose their jobs with the closing of Hawker Beechcraft Services facilities in Little Rock, Ark.; Mesa, Ariz.; and San Antonio, Texas.

It also plans to cut a total of 170 jobs at its Wichita headquarters and at its completion center in Little Rock. More than half of the jobs being elimianted are in Arkansas, however the planemaker refused to release an exact number.

[link to www.kwch.com]

Research in Motion cuts jobs at U.S. headquarters in Irving

Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, laid off about 200 people at its U.S. headquarters in Irving on Wednesday, according to a source close to the company who did not want to be named.
Canada-based RIM spokesman Nick Manning confirmed that layoffs occurred in Irving but would not specify how many. RIM employed about 700 people there.

[link to www.dallasnews.com]

U.S. Cellular drops Chicago, cuts 640 local jobs


The move will result in 980 job cuts at U.S. Cellular, with 640 in the Chicago area, according to a spokeswoman. The cuts are slightly under 12 percent of the approximately 8,400 total employees U.S. Cellular had at the end of the third quarter.

[link to biztimes.com]

SRA International to lay off 222 in Arlington
Fairfax-based SRA International Inc. has given notice to the the Virginia Workforce Network that it will lay off 222 people in Arlington Jan. 1, 2013.

[link to www.bizjournals.com]

Hyatt Regency Tampa issues layoff notice
The Hyatt Regency Tampa has posted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification affecting 222 employees.

[link to www.bizjournals.com]

More layoffs announced at Anniston weapons incinerator
The company that operated Anniston’s chemical weapons incinerator has 50 fewer workers today as part of continuing efforts to close down the facility.

According to a Wednesday press release from Westinghouse Anniston, the contractor responsible for shutting down the facility, the employee drawdown today will affect 50 workers at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. The facility reached another closure milestone and so no longer needs the labor.

[link to www.annistonstar.com]


The Axe Falls: Bristol-Myers To Cut Nearly 500 Jobs
And the parade of layoffs continues. The latest drugmaker to shed some workers is Bristol-Myers Squibb, which plans to eliminate 479 sales reps and related jobs now that Otsuka Pharmaceuticals will assume responsbility for marketing the Abilify antipsycotic in the US, a spokeswoman tells us. The job cuts were disclosed in a state notice.

[link to www.pharmalot.com]



Xerox to lay off 2,500
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Sun Media to cut 500 jobs
[link to www.thestar.com]

Hostess closings to cut 627 jobs
[link to articles.philly.com]


I'll keep updating as it comes in.

Last Edited by gebahie on 11/14/2012 03:43 AM