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BAE Systems Layoffs

Jacob — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:46:51 +0000

According to the Anniston Star, BAE Systems will layoff up to 259 workers in September. BAE Systems is one of the largest defense contractors both in the United States and globally. A spokeswoman for the company stated that even with the layoffs, there will still be 200 more workers at the plant than in 2003.

Upcoming Layoffs Next Week

Jacob — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:05:41 +0000

California law requires companies give the state advanced notice of mass layoffs. This information is publicly displayed in the WARN database. Disclaimer: there are many typos in this data from the state and as such I take no responsibility for the validity, accuracy, or integrity of the information below. This should be used just for reference and any use of the data should be authenticated with the company.

Here is a list of the upcoming layoffs for next week in California:

4/4. BANK OF AMERICA (Ontario): 136 Employees
4/4. GOODRICH AEROSTRUCTURES INC (Chula Vista): 112 Employees
4/4. JPMORGAN CHASE/CHASE HOME LENDING/B2B WHOLESALE CH (Orange): 52 Employees
4/4. SIEMENS HEARING INSTRUMENTS, INC (La Mirada): 83 Employees
4/4. SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC (Van Nuys): 32 Employees
4/5. OWENS CORNING MASONRY PRODUCTS (Napa): 121 Employees
4/5. VERTIS COMMUNICATIONS (San Leandro): 88 Employees
4/6. CELESTICA (Oxnard): 81 Employees
4/6. CERADYNE, INC. (Irvine): 91 Employees
4/6. CREATIVE LABS, INC. (Milpitas): 49 Employees
4/6. HOLLINGSEAD INTERNATIONAL, INC (Ventura): 35 Employees
4/6. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.) (Pleasanton): 9 Employees
4/8. PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL (Petaluma): 44 Employees
4/8. SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Santa Rosa): 152 Employees
4/8. THE HOME DEPOT – EXPO ORANGE STORE SUPPORT CENTER (Orange): 124 Employees
4/9. NESTLE USA, INC. D/B/A POWERBAR, INC. (Glendale): 3 Employees
4/10. CHILDREN’S SERVICES, INC (Multiple Locations): 111 Employees
4/10. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF LOS GATOS (Los Gatos): 500 Employees
4/10. FARMERS SERVICES, LLC, (”FARMERS”) (Simi Valley): 82 Employees
4/10. LOS ANGELES TIMES COMMUNICATIONS LLC (Multiple Locations): 63 Employees
4/10. NETAPP, INC (Sunnyvale): 251 Employees

California Layoffs in March

Jacob — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:49:04 +0000

Here is a list of the March layoffs in California:

3/31. ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Mountain View): 52 Employees
3/20. ALZA CORPORATION (Mountain View): 29 Employees
3/6. AMDOCS (San Ramon): 17 Employees
3/24. AT&T , ADVANCE SOLUTIONS INC (Monterey Park): 81 Employees
3/17. AUTODESK, INC (San Rafael): 135 Employees
3/9. AUTOSPLICE, INC (San Diego): 32 Employees
Multiple Dates. BANK OF AMERICA (-): 145 Employees
3/14. BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS, N.A. (San Francisco): 183 Employees
3/14. BRISTOL FARMS, INC (Mission Viejo): 40 Employees
3/27. BURBANK TELEVISION ENTERPRISES LLC (Burbank): 7 Employees
3/9. CHICK’S SPORTING GOODS (Covina): 2 Employees
3/21. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC (-): 2217 Employees
3/3. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC (San Jose): 8 Employees
3/9. COMMERCE ENERGY, INC. (Costa Mesa): 46 Employees
3/13. CONAGRA FOODS (-): 63 Employees
3/20. COX AUTO TRADER (San Diego): 36 Employees
3/12. CTB/MCGRAW-HILL, LLC (Monterey): 58 Employees
3/31. CVS CAREMARK (Redlands): 79 Employees
3/16. CYMER, INC (San Diego): 70 Employees
3/13. DEY L.P. (Napa): 3 Employees
3/30. DISNEY CONSUMER PRODUCTS (Glendale): 78 Employees
3/7. DNC PARKS & RESORTS AT SAND DIEGO, LLC DBA PLAZA O (San Diego): 187 Employees
3/1. DOLE FRESH VEGETABLES, INC (Gonzales): 186 Employees
3/16. ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. (-): 147 Employees
3/31. EXHALE SPA SANTA MONICA (Santa Monica): 78 Employees
3/9. FACET BIOTECH (Redwood City): 66 Employees
3/6. FADAL MACHINING CENTER, LLC (Chatsworth): 92 Employees
3/7. FEDEX FREIGHT WEST (Santa Clara): 5 Employees
3/9. FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES INC (Riverside): 65 Employees
3/9. FLEETWOOD TRAVEL TRAILERS OF CALIFORNIA, INC (-): 24 Employees
Multiple Dates. FLUIDMASTER, INC (San Juan Capistrano): 15 Employees
3/6. FORMFACTOR (Livermore): 175 Employees
3/15. GENCO-HERSHEY SO CAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER (Redlands): 71 Employees
3/27. GOBAL DIGITAL MEDIA XCHANGE, INC (Los Angeles): 5 Employees
Multiple Dates. GOTTSCHALKS, INC (-): 444 Employees
Multiple Dates. GREENE TWEED (Garden Grove): 7 Employees
3/2. GREGG INDUSTRIES, INC. (El Monte): 57 Employees
3/13. HEALTH NET, INC (Rancho Cordova): 58 Employees
3/31. HEMOSENSE, INC. (San Jose): 1 Employees
Multiple Dates. HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE (San Jose): 222 Employees
3/20. HSBC AUTO FINANCE (San Diego): 39 Employees
3/1. HUBBELL LENIOR CITY, INC (San Jose): 2 Employees
3/20. INGRAM MICRO INC (Santa Ana): 7 Employees
Multiple Dates. INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC (IDT) (San Jose): 64 Employees
3/24. INTERANTIONAL PAPER (Los Angeles): 98 Employees
3/23. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (San Jose): 141 Employees
Multiple Dates. JAMES HARDIE BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC. (Fontana): 10 Employees
Multiple Dates. JBL PROFESSIONAL (Northridge): 102 Employees
3/20. JC PENNEY CORPORATION, INC (Carmichael): 433 Employees
Multiple Dates. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.) (Multiple Locations): 862 Employees
3/31. KYOCERA SANY TELECOM, INC (Woodland Hills): 8 Employees
3/14. LEVLAD LLC (Chatsworth): 23 Employees
3/30. LIFEMASTERS SUPPORTED SELFCARE, INC (LIFEMASTERS) (Rancho Cordova): 110 Employees
3/13. LIFESCAN A JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMPANY (Milpitas): 96 Employees
3/31. LINEAGE POWER HOLDINGS, INC (Tustin): 39 Employees
3/16. LPL FINANCIAL CORPORATION (San Diego): 122 Employees
3/13. MACY’S WEST (Los Angeles): 87 Employees
3/10. MANHEIM (Rosemead): 111 Employees
3/6. MARRIOTT OWNERSHIP RESORTS, INC DBA MARRIOTT VAC (Santa Ana): 29 Employees
3/23. METABASIS THERAPEUTICS, INC (La Jolla): 38 Employees
3/16. MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND (Woodland Hills): 314 Employees
3/5. NEC ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC (Santa Clara): 57 Employees
Multiple Dates. NESTLE USA, INC (Glendale): 8 Employees
3/27. NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, INC (NLPI) (Burbank): 10 Employees
3/3. NORTEL (Santa Clara): 100 Employees
3/9. OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES OF AMERICA CORP (Rancho Dominguez): 148 Employees
3/10. OPTISOLAR (Multiple Locations): 290 Employees
3/20. PACIFIC CLAY PRODUCTS (Lake Elsinore): 70 Employees
Multiple Dates. PENTAIR ELECTRONIC PACKAGING (Poway): 76 Employees
3/27. PHILIPS LIGHTING BUSINESS UNIT PROFESSIONAL LUMIN (Cypress): 47 Employees
3/31. PIONEER NORTH AMERICA, INC (”PIONEER”) (Long Beach): 6 Employees
3/16. PLANTRONICS (Santa Cruz): 59 Employees
3/21. PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (Burbank): 92 Employees
3/8. REELZCHANNEL, LLC (Los Angeles): 81 Employees
3/9. RETAIL PRO, INC (Multiple Locations): 62 Employees
3/1. ROADWAY EXPRESS – BURBANK, CA (Pacoima): 55 Employees
3/16. SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Multiple Locations): 251 Employees
3/1. SENIORITY, INC (Madera): 66 Employees
3/12. SIERRAPINE MDF (Rocklin): 75 Employees
3/23. SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC (Irvine): 71 Employees
3/6. SOLARWORLD INDUSTRIES SERVICES, INC (Camarillo): 53 Employees
3/16. ST. JOHN KNITS, INC (Irvine): 139 Employees
3/16. STANFORD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (Stanford): 55 Employees
Multiple Dates. STEC, INC. (Santa Ana): 155 Employees
3/23. SUN MIRCOSYTEMS, INC (Multiple Locations): 583 Employees
3/16. SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC (Van Nuys): 146 Employees
3/31. SYNTAX BRILLIAN CORPORATION (City Of Industry): 26 Employees
3/16. TANIMURA & ANTLE FRESH FOODS, INC. (Hollister): 93 Employees
3/27. TELEPICTURES PRODUCTIONS INC. (Burbank): 5 Employees
3/19. THE BOEING COMPANY (Multiple Locations): 96 Employees
3/6. THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC (Multiple Locations): 216 Employees
3/31. U.S. BORAX INC., BORON OPERATIONS (Boron): 160 Employees
3/15. UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (Los Angeles): 10 Employees
3/31. VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL (Aliso Viejo): 23 Employees
3/18. VISA USA, INC (Foster City): 74 Employees
3/27. WARNER BROS. [Various Divisions] (Burbank): 226 Employees
3/13. WARNER MUSIC GROUP INC (Burbank): 40 Employees
3/27. WARNER PREMIERE (Burbank): 10 Employees
3/31. WASHINGTON MUTUAL (Chatsworth): 7 Employees
3/2. WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC (Fremont): 65 Employees
3/31. WILSON SONSINI GODDRICH & ROSATI (Multiple Locations): 92 Employees
3/31. WM. BOLTHOUSE FARMS, INC (Bakersfield): 93 Employees
3/16. XOMA (US) LLC (Berkeley): 144 Employees
3/23. XTENT, INC (Menlo Park): 120 Employees
3/1. YELLOW TRANSPORTATION – SANTA FE SPRINGS (Santa Fe Springs): 83 Employees
3/1. YRC’ INC (West Sacramento): 183 Employees
3/13. YRC LOGISTICS (Fontana): 64 Employees

Totals: 107 Companies fired 12,606 Employees

Average Number Laid Off: 117 Employees

California Layoffs in February

Jacob — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:08:34 +0000

Here is a list of the remaining February layoffs for California:
2/18. Isola USA Corporation Layoffs (Technology): 48 Employees
2/19. The Boeing Company Layoffs (Aerospace): 3 Employees
2/20. Global Pharmaceutical Supply Group (GPSG) Layoffs (Pharmaceuticals): 25 Employees
2/20. Marriott Ownership Resorts Layoffs (Hotel): 110 Employees
2/20. United Industries Layoffs (General): 4 Employees
2/20. Western Digital Technologies Layoffs (Hardware): 5 Employees
2/21. Deutsch Layoffs (General): 78 Employees
2/21. Deutsch (Industrial Products Division) Layoffs (Transportation): 41 Employees
2/23. Elan Pharmaceuticals Layoffs (Pharmaceuticals): 53 Employees
2/23. Esselte Corporation Layoffs (Office Supplies): 13 Employees
2/24. Opvista Layoffs (Technology): 69 Employees
2/27. AT&T Layoffs (Telecommunications): 37 Employees
2/27. Hemosense Layoffs (Health Care): 2 Employees
2/27. JP Morgan Chase Bank Layoffs (Banking): 2 Employees
2/27. Philips Lighting Layoffs (Lighting): 70 Employees
2/28. First Transit Layoffs (General): 177 Employees
2/28. Circuit City Layoffs (Store): 92 Employees
2/28. JP Morgan Chase Bank Layoffs (Banking): 1 Employees
2/28. Western Union Layoffs (Money Transfer): 1 Employees
2/28. TTX Company Layoffs (Shipping): 209 Employees

Yahoo Layoffs

Jacob — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:48:30 +0000

It looks like Yahoo! apparently laid off almost 500 employees last week (2/13/2009) according to California’s WARN database. California requires employers to post notice 60 days in advance of any mass terminations (source).

Goodyear Layoffs

Jacob — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:48:56 +0000

Goodyear, a large tire manufacturer, has announced 5000 layoffs for the 2009 year. Last year, Goodyear announced 4000 layoffs which will mean an overall 9,000 employees will lose their jobs. In addition to the layoffs, Goodyear will be insituting salary freezes and a reduced work week for some employees.

The struggling automobile industry is clearly the culprit here.

New Jobless Claims

Jacob — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:17:10 +0000

The Labor Department reported that the number of laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 626,000 (43,000 more claims than expected by the analysts). That puts the number of jobless claims in an elite list: the highest since October 1982, the last recession that has been this dreary.

Positive note: the economy back then was about 35% small in 1982 so the numbers are not as bad as in 1982 in relative terms.

Winthrop, Massachusetts Layoff

Jacob — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:09:27 +0000

The City of Winthrop in Massachusetts has announced it will be laying off its Chief of Police. Apparently the Police Chief’s salary was the main point of concern ($110,000+) and a lower-paid lieutant will serve as Acting Chief of Police.

The City of Winthrop will also be closing its public library because of the tough economy.

This economy sucks.

Time Warner Cable Layoffs

Jacob — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:30:33 +0000

Time Warner Cable Inc. announced that it will be laying off 1,250 people over the next couple of months. Time Warner is facing an $8 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2008 along with stagnant growth in demand.

Last year, Time Warner cut 500 jobs to reduce costs and “redundancy” as well.

Newspaper Layoffs in 2009

Jacob — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:33:34 +0000

United States Newspaper layoffs: 2,000+ (since Jan 1)

Major states affected include California which has over 414 cumulative layoffs in newspapers. Georgian newspapers will lay off 180 employees and newspapers in Maryland have announced 119 layoffs.

In 2008, American newspapers laid off 15,500+ employees.

Source: Paper Cuts.