Layoffs

Jobless Decade May Loom

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.26.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Call it the Terrible Teens. The decade ahead could be a brutal one for America's unemployed – and for people with jobs hopin...

COBRA Help For Laid-Off Workers May Come By Christmas

McClatchy | Jenny Gold | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- Laid-off workers may soon get a reprieve from one of their worries: health insurance. A proposal to extend the health insurance subsid...

What's an Underemployed Gal to Do? Run For Office.

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics


Diane Tucker

The experience of running convinced me that women have a tremendous natural ability for politics. We just have to get over our fear of it and go for the brass ring.

Why Are We Surprised E&P and Kirkus Review Closed?

Pauline Millard | Posted 12.14.2009 | Media


Pauline Millard

There is an entire sector of jobs that are dissolving every day. It would be wise for those involved to accept it, move on, or else plan to spend a lot time unemployed.

Why Won't Borders Donate Their Soon-To-Be-Trashed Books?

Erik Ose | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books


Erik Ose

Current Waldenbooks employees have come forward to alert the public that the company plans to dispose of many unsold books in the cheapest, easiest, least responsible way possible - by trashing them.

Making Job Creation a Priority

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

If you commissioned an ad firm to come up with a two word description of the economy that would provoke great feelings of anger and resentment, they'd have a tough time coming up with something better than "jobless recovery."

St. Vincent's Hospital Lays Off 180 Employees

nytimes.com | ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York


St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan announced Tuesday that it had laid off 180 of its 3,800 employees, blaming the recession and two years of health care...

LA Schools Approve Plan To Cut 5,000 Jobs

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | Los Angeles


LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school board has approved a budget plan that calls for more than 5,000 job cuts. District Superintendent Ramon Co...

LAUSD Facing 5,000-Plus Job Cuts

LA Daily News | Posted 12.08.2009 | Los Angeles


The Los Angeles Unified school board is expected to vote on a two-year budget plan today that calls for the elimination of more than 5,000 district po...

States May Shed Another Million Jobs

Aaron Glantz | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business


Aaron Glantz

Unless Congress and Obama create a "bold jobs program," state and local governments could shed almost a million jobs next year, further worsening our national unemployment rate, labor leaders say.

City Is Tapped: Bernard Parks Says Off With Workers' Heads

LA Daily | Posted 12.01.2009 | Los Angeles


Ever the Debbie Downer of City Hall, Councilman Bernard Parks says it's time to pay the piper: The city faces a $408 million deficit next year, a $98 ...

Economists Predict Job Losses Will Stop In Early 2010

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers ...

Early Data Suggest More Suicides In 2008; Rise Is Similar To Past Recessions

Wall Street Journal | SARA MURRAY and BETSY MCKAY | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living


Early signs suggest the number of suicides in the U.S. crept up during the worst recession in decades, according to a Wall Street Journal survey of st...

New Poll Measures The Hardship Of Layoffs: 52% Were Surprised By Job Loss

ABC News | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business


When the pink slip comes, trouble follows -- financial, but emotional as well. Three in 10 Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll sa...

Bloomberg: Layoffs Likely But Windfall Will Save Police, Firemen Jobs

nydailynews.com | Adam Lisberg and Erin Einhorn | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


Mayor Bloomberg's administration quietly reported an unexpected tax windfall of $683 million this year - of which $145 million will exempt cops, firef...

Al Gore's Current TV Lays Off 80 Staff, Changes Direction

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


Lisa Derrick

The pioneering, Emmy-Award winning channel was originally conceived by Gore and businessman Joe Hyatt as a peer-to-peer news and information network.

Uninsured Women Negotiates With Hospital, Pays Less Than She Would Have For COBRA

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business


As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Tammy Compton of the Wayne...

Time Inc. To Cut $100 Million From Costs; Extensive Layoffs Are Expected

New York Times | Stephanie Clifford | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media


Signaling that worse times are ahead for magazines, Time Inc. is expected to announce next week that it will cut $100 million from costs, including an...

Single Father Turned Away From Homeless Shelters

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business


As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Attila Streyar and his t...

2010: The Year Main Street Sticks It to Wall Street and Washington

Don McNay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business


Don McNay

If anyone has ever dreamed of being an office holder, 2010 is the year to do it. There are going to be several situations where voters elect a complete unknown, just to express their anger about the incumbent.

Doctor Offers His Own Health Care For $49 A Month, $5 A Visit

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business


As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. In Utah, Dr. Rachot Vacha...

"Sharpen the Saw," Whether You Like It or Not

Greg Coleman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Greg Coleman

Over the five months that I took off from work, I learned a lot of very valuable lessons and came out of the experience feeling like the luckiest guy in the world. But it didn't start out that way.

Surprising Reaction to Times Layoffs: 32% Of Commenters Say 'We'll Pay!'

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Glynnis MacNicol

Yesterday afternoon the New York Times announced it would be cutting 100 newsroom jobs, about 8% total, by the end of the year. To do so the paper wo...

Women's Wages Rose Faster Than Men's During Recession

Wall Street Journal | SARA MURRAY | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business


The wages of the typical woman who had a job during the worst recession in decades rose faster than those of the typical man, new data from the Bureau...

Detroit: Banks Responsible For Maintenance Of Foreclosed Homes

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business


As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...