Dish Network announced they will shut down 300 Blockbuster video stores across the country. 3,000 people out-o-work!!! Dish Network bought Blockbuster in 2011.
AT&T eliminating 66 jobs at their Greensboro, North Carolina, call center. They call it “business reduction”.
The Food Lion grocery store chain announced it will shut down eight stores in North Carolina.
Amy’s Hallmark […] Continue Reading…
“We’re talking about the victim of rape would go to prison along with her rapist! It’s very hard to understand the feeling behind it. It’s a health care issue, I mean, sometimes in order to save someone’s life a woman could possibly need an abortion. When we talk about being pro-life, my new question […] Continue Reading…
“Since the early 1980s, there has been a historically unprecedented increase in the federal prison population. Some of the growth is attributable to changes in federal criminal justice policy during the previous three decades.”-The Federal Prison Population Buildup: Overview, Policy Changes, Issues, and Options
08 February 2013, according to a Congressional Research Service report made […] Continue Reading…
The world’s second largest shipping provider, FedEx, is buying out 10% of its U.S. executives!
Company officials refused to give exact numbers. Don’t feel too bad for those officers and directors, they’ll get anywhere from four weeks to two years worth of pay (depending on how long they worked for FedEx) as part of the […] Continue Reading…
Goodyear tire maker recently bought out the contracts of 200 employees at its Fayetteville, North Carolina factory. Now Goodyear wants to layoff 41 people at its Danville, Virginia factory. The Danville factory makes commercial truck tires, and company officials say the bad economy has reduced demand for the big truck tires.
In Ohio, one of […] Continue Reading…
01 February 2013
The German government has announced that they will keep German/NATO troops in Afghanistan for at least 13 more months.
In Takhar Province, a man entered the university and started shooting. He killed two cops before being wounded. At this point it seems the man was upset about not being let onto the university […] Continue Reading…
Operators of the Troy Mine in Montana say they might have to lay off employees, if they can’t stop repeated cave ins. So far the 205 employees have been kept busy on other projects, but company officials say if the silver and copper mines remain closed for any longer then they’ll have to layoff […] Continue Reading…
“Following the discontinuation of its T.G.I. Friday’s frozen meals, Heinz conducted a thorough evaluation of the production needs at its Pocatello, Idaho factory. To ensure the number of employees is in line with production needs, Heinz has made the difficult but necessary decision to lay off 80 full-time, hourly team members, effective March 4, […] Continue Reading…
06 February 2013, a just released Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) report revealed that 98 people working at a Kmart in Naperville will soon be unemployed.
06 February 2013, nine companies in the Prairie State are about to layoff a combined 1,200 employees. That’s according to a January WARN report.
Lyon Workspace Products: Bankrupt.
Sun-Times Media, major newspaper publisher: Consolidating operations.
Walgreen pharmacy: Laying off warehouse workers.
Naperville Kmart: Lease expired.
Georgia-Pacific Corrugated: Reducing number of manufacturing employees.
Kroger gorcery store: Closing DuQuoin store. (as I […] Continue Reading…