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The number of mass layoffs reported by U.S. employers fell last month from September, a government report showed on Friday, suggesting job losses were close to bottoming. The Labor Department said the 2,127 mass layoff actions reported in October --...
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Seth Sandronsky, t r u t h o u t Op-Ed (Photo Illustration: Ionia K. / t r u t h o u t) Walter Yost, 61, was an education reporter for The Sacramento Bee. But a layoff this March ended his career of over 16 years at the daily paper.
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The number of mass layoffs by U.S. employers rose by 533 in August from July, with the manufacturing sector the hardest hit, Labor Department data showed on Wednesday. The number of mass layoff actions -- defined as job cuts involving at least 50 people...
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The number of "mass layoffs" in July shrank to the smallest amount in nearly a year, the government said Friday. The Labor Department said mass layoffs, or job cuts of 50 or more by a single employer, fell to seasonally adjusted 2,157 last month, compared...
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The 86 mass-layoff actions resulted in the separation of 10,416 workers, the Labor Department reported Tuesday...Nationwide, employers took 2,933 mass layoff actions in May that cost 312,800 workers their jobs, the government said. In the past year, Hoosier...
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The Labor Department reported a decline in mass-layoff activity in the month of April, marking a rare and possibly fleeting victory for the nation’s floundering job situation. The number of mass layoffs -- or layoffs of 50 people or more by a single employer...
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Steelmaker ArcelorMittal plans a "mass layoff" at its Indiana Harbor mill in July, according to a company letter made public by the United Steelworkers union on Wednesday. In the letter, posted on USW Local 1011's website, ArcelorMittal said it "has...
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The Labor Department reported Thursday that initial claims for unemployment compensation rose to a seasonally adjusted 640,000 last week, up from a revised 613,000 the previous week. That was slightly more than analysts' expectations of 635,000. Mark...
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First-time claims for state unemployment benefits rose a seasonally adjusted 27,000 to 640,000 in the week ended April 18, the Labor Department reported Thursday. After initial claims fell a revised 47,000 in the prior week, the most recent gain may dim...
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These days, layoffs are becoming a cost of doing business as companies slash payrolls in massive numbers. The national nonfarm unemployment rate went up to 8.5 percent in January, up from 4.7 percent the year before...Department of Labor report 44 mass...
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