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Curwood asks for voluntary layoffs

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:35 +0000

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 12–> Slow business prompted Curwood to ask its 1,380 employees in four Fox Valley plants to accept short voluntary layoffs during the summer. The company began the layoff period Monday and estimated it would last through Labor Day, depending on business volume changes. “We are giving employees the option to choose to...

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What Do Cox Layoffs Mean for Smyrna’s Unemployment Rate?

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:33 +0000

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the state’s unemployment rate declined for the ninth straight month in April to 8.9 percent. This news comes a week after Cox Enterprises gave the department notice of pending layoffs at its Atlanta Journal Constitution distribution centers in Smyrna and Kennesaw. Smyrna’s unemployment rate for March 2012,...

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Lodi School Board Approves Final Layoffs

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:33 +0000

Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 — 9:10 a.m. From NBC15′s News Partner The Lodi Enterprise: By Jennifer FetterlyManaging Editor The Lodi School District will give final layoff notices to teachers this month in an effort to cut costs. On Monday night the school board approved the reduction of 10 teachers, including 4K teacher Melissa Brickl,...

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Hostess Brands warns of layoffs

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:05:30 +0000

Hostess Brands has issued layoff warnings to employees around the country, including in the Buffalo area, as the company undergoes restructuring and evaluates its future. The Texas-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year. It makes products including Wonder Bread and Twinkies. Hostess has filed government-required notices with the New York State...

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Sacramento County courts expect ‘catastrophic’ cuts, layoffs

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:05:32 +0000

The layoffs would come out of a countywide staff of 680 employees, according to the system’s interim executive director, Ed Pollard. In July, there were 740 employees in the system. “It’s catastrophic, in my opinion,” Earl said. “We already knew we had to reduce our budget around here by a substantial amount. What the governor’s...

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Teacher layoffs are bad for all

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:05:32 +0000

Imagine having a career for so many years and suddenly, you receive a “pink slip” at the end of the year. So many things must go through teachers’ mind when they get laid off or fired. “What if I don’t get rehired or my evaluations doesn’t meet up to standards?” “What will I do in...

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Unruly teachers union members cause a scene but can’t deter layoff vote

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:05:31 +0000

11 Comments Print E-mail Share Facebook Fark Digg Reddit Stumble Tweet education: Steve Marcus Teacher Lisa Immel Muntean speaks to board members before leaving a Clark County School Board meeting at the Edward Greer Education Center on East Flamingo Road on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The board approved a final budget that will lay off...

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158 layoff notices to Musk. Hts. school employees

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:05:27 +0000

<!– –> Tweet - A A A + <!– –> MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (WZZM) – Muskegon Heights Public Schools Emergency Manager (EM) Don Weatherspoon issued layoff notices to 158 employees of the district effective Friday, June 8. Staff were handed a letter as they left work today. The letter cited “urgent financial circumstances surrounding the...

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Anchorage School District delivers layoff notices to 55 employees

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:05:25 +0000

Teachers got theirs this week, and some staff members got theirs earlier. The layoffs are due to “budget restraints” for next school year, the district news release said. The 2011-2012 budget is about $6.2 million less than for this school year. The district will have about $10 million additional from the state budget that Gov....

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Sacramento County courts expect ‘catastrophic’ cuts, layoffs

wp_admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:05:24 +0000

The Sacramento County court system looks like it’s about to lay off at least 9 percent of its employees and maybe twice that figure as a result of the latest state budget revision. “We’re going to have to have layoffs,” Sacramento Superior Court Presiding Judge Laurie M. Earl said in an interview Wednesday,...

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