The maker of Bud Light and Stella Artois to slash 1400 jobs MLB.com lays off 20 employees Firms are rescinding job offers from law school students Over 600 jobs cut from two Twin Cities hospitals EU aid sought as 1400 jobs are loss due to the contaminated pork scandal Tyco plant announces layoffs
December 8, 2008
Our New Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa List
It’s always difficult trying to figure out what to buy friends/family/loved ones during the holidays. This year is no exception. 23/6 created the “What Do You Get For The Person Who Has Nothing” list. Brilliant.
December 8, 2008
Have Hope
The French poet Guillaume Apollinaire once wrote, “Est comme l’esperance est violente” in the poem “Le Pont Mirabeau.” That roughly translates to “And how violent hope can be.” (In the poem’s case, it was about love.) It’s the same with hoping for a job. That roller coaster that drives you mad. Will I get an [...]
December 8, 2008
Additional Newspaper Casualties
Tribune Co., the privately held organization which owns the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, is considering filing for bankruptcy protection, according to The Wall Street Journal. The McClatchy Company, the nation’s third-largest newspaper chain, is looking to sell The Miami Herald. The Herald is the company’s most prestigious publication with circulation at 210,000 daily, [...]
December 8, 2008
Less Post-It Notes?
According to The New York Times, 3M announced today that the company will be laying off 1,800 employees because of the ‘global economic downturn.’ The job cuts will come in the fourth quarter in the United States, Europe, and Japan. The company predicts this will save them $170 million in 2009. I’m sure this will [...]
December 8, 2008
It’s Going to Get Worse
Obama said the economy is going to get worse. Great. Just great.
December 8, 2008
The Laid Off Fight Back
We all knew it was about to happen. Finally, people have had enough. This weekend in Chicago, workers who were laid off Friday from Republic Windows and Doors staged a sit-in. From The New York Times: Some of the plant’s 250 workers stayed all night, all weekend, in what they were calling an occupation of [...]
