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Watsonville police, firefighter layoffs proposed
The Santa Cruz SentinelWatsonville's city manager is proposing to lay off police officers and firefighters if unions won't agree to concessions. But even if workers and management can come to an agreement, public safety and social services would be reduced $700,000 next...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Health and Safety at Work, Safety of Citizens
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COLUMN - Austerity is a moral issue
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Nicholas Wapshott May 17 (Reuters) - In the nearly five years since the worst financial crash since the Great Depression, the remedy for the world's economic doldrums has...Tags: Anglicanism, Economy, Business and Finance, Christianity, HIV, MSNBC (tv network)
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HUD to shut down offices as a result of sequester
Across-the-board cuts in the federal budget will force the Department of Housing and Urban Development to close its offices on May 24 and possibly six other days. HUD, which provides assistance programs for low-income and homeless people, said Friday...
Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Budget Control Act of 2011, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace, Rentals
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Unemployment rates drop in most states, Illinois climbs
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment rates dropped in 43 out of the 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia in April from a year before, according to Labor Department data released on Friday. A handful of states, including Illinois, Delaware,...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Barack Obama, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Employment
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Md. sheds 6,200 jobs in April, Labor Department says
Maryland employers slashed 6,200 jobs in April, cutting short a string of gains, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday, as the state began feeling the pinch of federal budget sequestration and cutbacks in consumer spending. But the government's...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Layoffs and Downsizing, Economy, Business and Finance, Unemployment Rate, Moody's Corporation
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Village Voice 'bloodbath' sends restaurant critic Robert Sietsema packing
Particularly hard-hitting employee cuts at the Village Voice on Friday included longtime restaurant critic Robert Sietsema, who had been at the New York alt weekly newspaper for 20 years. Gossip columnist Michael Musto and theater critic Michael...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Reviews, Kentucky Fried Chicken, News Media
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California jobless rate falls to 9%
No one ever said the economic recovery would be pretty. California eked out more growth in April as employers added 10,400 jobs, bringing the net total added over the year to 273,000. The state's unemployment rate dropped to 9% from 9.4% the month...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Consumer Confidence, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Walmart
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Hartmann USA to close Bloomington plant
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Medical-product manufacturer Hartmann USA Inc. plans to shut its Bloomington plant less than six years after acquiring it, a move that will result in layoffs for almost all of the facility's 72 employees. Those Indiana positions will be eliminated as...Tags: Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance
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N.C. jobless rate falls with more residents leaving workforce
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Another large departure of discouraged North Carolinians from the workforce during April contributed to the state's jobless rate reaching its lowest level since the recession began 5 1/2 years ago. The rate fell 0.3 percentage points to 8.9 percent, the...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Employment
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Florida jobless rate dips to 7.2 percent in April
Florida's unemployment rate continues to fall, dipping from 7.5 percent in March to 7.2 percent in April — the lowest level in five years. Metro Orlando's jobless rate also improved, falling to 6.4 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Seminole County, Orange County (Florida), Executive Branch, Career and Workplace
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Santa Cruz County jobless rate down to 9.9 percent in April
The Santa Cruz Sentinelmostly in agriculture, some hospitality -- added in April, unemployment in Santa Cruz County dropped to 9.9 percent compared to 12.2 percent a year ago and 13.1 percent two years ago. Last year, it wasn't until June that the jobless rate dropped below...Tags: Job Layoffs, Employment Opportunities, Kelly Services Incorporated, Business, Career and Workplace
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WakeMed warns of looming staff cuts
The News & ObserverWakeMed Health & Hospitals laid off 31 people last week in a reorganization that CEO Bill Atkinson warns is a taste of things to come under federal health care reform, which is designed to squeeze costs out of health care delivery. Atkinson couldn't say...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Care Reform (2009), Economy, Business and Finance, Raleigh, Health and Safety at Work
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