NEW YORK (Reuters) - The global recession has caused more men than women lose their jobs around the world, following a pattern already well established in the United States, according to research released on Friday. Men held more of the jobs lost ...
Shaw's Supermarkets laying off 967 in Connecticut as it sells all stores in the state Shaw's Supermarkets Inc. will be laying off 967 workers in Connecticut as it sells all its stores in the state. Shaw's parent company, Minneapolis-based SuperValu Inc., says ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in February to the lowest level since 2006, and employers appear to have shifted away from downsizing even though hiring may be a while off, a report on Wednesday ...
LA school board votes to send notice of potential layoffs to 5,200 teachers, workers The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District has voted to send notices of possible layoffs to up to 5,200 teachers and other workers because of a ...
All Carrefour supermarkets in Belgium were closed by strike action Saturday, following an appeal by trade unions to protest at plans by the world's second largest retailer to cut jobs and close stores. In all 61 supermarkets and 56 hypermarkets were shut ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The financial problems confronting New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority are so "dire" that straphangers might be hit with a fare hike this year, one year sooner than planned. Chairman Jay Walder, speaking at a Webcast news conference on ...
L.A. school district sued by groups that claim teacher layoffs are unconstitutional A civil rights group has sued the Los Angeles Unified School District and the state, claiming thousands of teacher layoffs deprive poor inner-city children of their right to an education. ...
Pratt & Whitney to lay off 163 Conn. workers weeks after losing lawsuit preventing job shifts Pratt & Whitney plans to lay off 163 workers at two jet engine repair plants in Connecticut, the company said Tuesday, less than three weeks after ...
<div id="subtitle">Va. transportation agency lays off 678 workers in final round of job cuts to reduce costs</div><div><p>The Virginia Department of Transportation has entered the final round of job cuts aimed at reducing a $4.6 billion shortfall.</p><p>The agency began ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in December to their lowest level in two years as economic activity began picking up steam, capping off the worst year for corporate job cuts since 2002, a report on Wednesday showed.</p><p>Employers ...
