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As a Recruiter, I receive this information in my in box on a weekly basis. Here is a synopsis of jobs being cut and/or outsourced from 06 May through 13 May - it crosses all types of industries. I don't believe we hear about these layoffs as regularly as the monthly announcement of the job gains - these people are losing their jobs:
Norwood Promotional Products |Advertising & Marketing Norwood, a company that specializes in promotional products that say "thank you," had a less-appealing message for some employees last week. The company, which manufactures toys and games and imprints various products as giveaway items, will close a plant in New London, Wisconsin, eliminating 200 jobs. The production facility will close by the end of September with work shifting to a plant in Red Wing, Minnesota. Candidates: 200 St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press, May 8, 2004
Johnson Controls |Automotive Johnson Controls, a company that makes automotive parts, says it will begin the process of eliminating 885 jobs in September. The previously announced cuts, will affect workers at the Southview plant in Holland, Michigan. The company will shift production of visors and door panels to a facility in Mexico. Candidates: 885 Grand Rapids Press, May 6, 2004
General Motors |Automotive General Motors has announced that it will cut about half the remaining jobs at a plant in Muncie, Indiana beginning in July. The move will affect about 450 workers at a transmission plant which once employed nearly 3,000 people. Declining demand for stick shifts and related gears has been cited as the overall cause of the plant's demise. Candidates: 450 Indianapolis Star, May 11, 2004
Bank of America |Banking Bank of America has filed notice to eliminate 117 jobs in its home city of Charlotte. The reductions, which result from the merger with FleetBoston Financial Corp., will take place at a wire transfer unit. They are part of a previously announced merger restructuring that will eliminate 12,500 jobs overall. The layoffs will begin next month. Candidates: 117 Charlotte Business Journal, May 13, 2004
Bank One |Banking Bank One will eliminate about 300 jobs in Indiana and Ohio as the result of the pending merger with J.P. Morgan Chase. The cuts will come primarily in the Indianapolis area and Findlay, Ohio, according to a company spokesperson. The move will solve a duplication of functions in the mortgage services divisions of the two banks. Candidates: 300 Northwest Indiana Times, May 13, 2004
BASF |Chemicals Chemical company BASF says it will cut between 550 and 680 jobs beginning in the next several weeks. The layoffs will occur at two plants, one in Louisiana and the other in Texas. The reductions are expected to be completed by the end of 2005 and are aimed at saving $250 million per year. Candidates: 680 Chemical & Engineering News, May 13, 2004 Apple |Computer Hardware & Services Apple will eliminate 148 sales and marketing jobs worldwide between now and the end of the fiscal year in September. The company says that the latest job cuts, and the closure of a manufacturing facility in Sacramento, California, should combine to save about $6 million per quarter. Candidates: 148 Mac Observer, May 6, 2004
Sara Lee |Consumer Products Sara Lee Bakery has announced that it is cutting three product lines at a plant in Alabama; the move will cost 210 people their jobs. The cake, hearth bread, and specialty bun lines will be eliminated from the products made at the Fort Payne baking facility in two months, according to a company spokesperson. Candidates: 210 The Huntsville Times, May 11, 2004
Genta |Pharmaceuticals Ending the marketing of a company's only product may seem a strange way to save the company, but that's exactly what drug manufacturer Genta plans to do. The biotech company says that it will stop marketing a drug called Ganite to focus exclusively on research of a drug for the treatment of skin cancer. The move will slash 45 percent of the company's jobs, about 85 positions. Candidates: 85 Forbes, May 13, 2004 MCI |Telecom MCI plans to eliminate 7,500 jobs this year, about 15 percent of its workforce, according to a company release last week. The news came as the company announced a quarterly loss of $388 million in the first quarter. This was the first set of financial results since MCI emerged from bankruptcy protection last month. The company did not specify the nature or locations of the jobs that will be affected. Candidates: 7500 AP, May 11, 2004
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