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- dismissal, often temporarily, from work because a job ceases to exist or because of lack of work. Employees who are laid off may qualify for unemployment compensation. If the layoff...
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- Ford workers face involuntary layoffs
- DETROIT, Michigan AFP — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it is planning to make further white collar job cuts in the United States in the face of declining truck sales. The automakers expects to complete the cuts by August 1 and will not be offering buyout packages, as it...
- Research articles 2008-05-28
- Nissan offers voluntary layoffs at Tennessee plants
- NEW YORK AFP — Japanese automaker Nissan unveiled a voluntary layoff plan at two plants in Tennessee with a view to trimming 300 workers from their combined hourly staff of 6,200. High gains in productivity at the Tennessee plants "continue to outpace low employee attrition levels," Nissan North America...
- Research articles 2007-02-20
- Comair says stymied labor talks may lead to layoff of hundreds
- Stalled labor talks could force regional airline Comair, which flies small jets for Delta Air Lines, to lay off hundreds of workers, the company said. The warning came as Comair submitted a bid to Delta aimed at retaining the right to fly a big chunk of its current routes. But...
- Research articles 2006-10-03
- Volkswagen Brazil workers to strike over layoffs
- SAO PAULO AFP — Volkswagen workers will hold a series of strikes starting May 22 at the German automaker's five plants in Brazil to protest layoffs, the major union federations announced. "Protests on each day of the strike will call the public's attention to the impact of Volkswagen's action,"...
- Research articles 2006-05-12
- Ford Motor Co. to announce layoffs and plant closings
- DETROIT AP -- In a survey released this week, Ford Motor Co. ranked last among major automakers in the use of its North American plant capacity. The company aims to change that with a restructuring plan to be announced Monday that likely will include closing some U.S. plants, cutting jobs...
- Research articles 2006-01-21
- Ford reports a quarterly loss of $284 million, plans layoffs
- DEARBORN, Mich. AP -- Ford Motor Co., its profits dragged down by continuing poor performance in North America, will announce "significant" U.S. plant closings and layoffs in January in another heavy blow to the nation's autoworkers. The company reported a third- quarter loss of $284 million on Thursday. ...
- Research articles 2005-10-21
- Gastonia, N.C., automotive supplier to stop operations, lay off 200.
- By Sharon E. White, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 14--GASTONIA, N.C. -- A Gastonia company that supplies rebuilt transmissions to General Motors will cease operations by month's end, putting 200 people out of work. Workers...
- Research articles 2004-09-14
- Documentary Film Shows Effect of Outscoring, Layoffs on Average Workers.
- By Shirleen Holt, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--It's tempting to compare filmmaker Greg Spotts with Michael Moore. Like that pugnacious documentarian, Spotts aims to champion the little guy -- in this case, Americans losing their jobs to ...
- Research articles 2004-06-11
- Groton, Conn.'s Electric Boat Hauls in $24 Million in Aircraft-Carrier Design.
- By Robert A. Hamilton, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 22--GROTON, Conn. -- Electric Boat will receive almost $24 million in design work as a major subcontractor for Newport News (Va.) Shipbuilding on the next-generation aircraft carrier project,...
- Research articles 2004-05-22
- Factories suffer 41 months of layoffs
- WASHINGTON -- Manufacturers still aren't producing the one item the economy needs most: jobs. Despite recent sharp jumps in orders and shipments, factories shed 26,000 workers in December, the Labor Department said Friday. The December figures mark the 41st consecutive month of layoffs, and bring overall manufacturing job losses...
- Research articles 2004-01-12
- Layoffs May Take Place at Product-Safety Testing Firm's Melville, N.Y., Plant.
- By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10--Product-safety testing giant Underwriters Laboratories Inc. has begun a review of its East Coast operations that will likely result in layoffs at its large Melville facility, officials confirmed Friday. ...
- Research articles 2004-01-10
- Slump in commercial airline industry hits LMI
- Like a lot of businesses that supply parts and labor to the commercial airline industry, St. Charles County's LMI Aerospace Inc. has cut employees and diversified its efforts in order to survive.LMI, a major supplier of airline parts to The Boeing Co., has felt the trickle-down effects of the weak...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Stuart, Fla., Aircraft Company Lays Off 25 Workers Due to Slow Demand.
- By Susan T. Port, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 1--STUART, Fla.--One of Martin County's largest employers, Vought Aircraft Industries, has laid off 25 employees, citing a sluggish market for commercial aircraft. With Thursday's layoffs,...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- Layoffs almost at end, Boeing executive says
- TOKYO -- Boeing Co. is nearing the end of a series of layoffs in response to the worst downturn in commercial aviation "since airplanes existed," chief executive Philip M. Condit said Wednesday. Chicago-based Boeing, the world's largest manufacturer of airliners, has been cutting jobs since the Sept. 11,...
- Research articles 2003-05-29
- Northwest Mechanics File Grievance over Planned Mass Layoffs
- Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--March 25, 2003 The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association AMFA today filed a formal grievance with Northwest Airlines, challenging the company's contractual right to conduct mass layoffs as outlined in plans Northwest announced on March 21. Jeff Mathews, AMFA's national contract coordinator at Northwest Airlines,...
- Research articles 2003-03-25
- Aviation Industry Continues Nosedive; Northwest, Hawaiian Airlines Falter.
- By D.R. Stewart, Tulsa World, Okla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22--A third major airline tumbled into bankruptcy Friday, another announced layoffs of 4,900 people and industry leaders warned that a prolonged war with Iraq could cost another 98,000 jobs. ...
- Research articles 2003-03-22
- Centre County, Pa., Hurt by Layoffs in Multiple Sectors.
- By Paul Beebe, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 25--STATE COLLEGE, Pa.--The recent announcements of layoffs and consolidations by three manufacturing companies with significant local operations offer fresh evidence that the sluggish national economy is ...
- Research articles 2002-11-25
- Delta Announces Plans to Layoff 8,000 Employees after Report of Loss.
- By John Gillie, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--Airlines, still awash in red ink from the aftereffects of Sept. 11 and the business downturn, continued to take an ax to expenses Thursday, cutting more jobs and deferring...
- Research articles 2002-10-18
- Quality Foods layoffs
- It's true that Quality Foods Inc. of Little Rock, which became a subsidiary of Performance Food Group of Richmond, Va., earlier this year, has laid off some workers. Philip Tappan, president and chief operating officer of Quality Foods, said 24-26 employees lost their jobs--about 3 percent of the work...
- Research articles 2002-09-23
- Ontro announces layoffs
- Ontro Announces Layoffs: Ontro Inc., a Poway-based developer of self-heating containers, said it placed 12 of its 18 employees on "furlough in order to conserve financial resources while it seeks additional funding to support its continued operations." The company, whose stock is facing delisting from the Nasdaq Small Cap...
- Research articles 2002-09-02
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