Layoffs

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 5 reports

PSA Workers at Aulnay Plant End Four-Month Strike

The workers will end the strike and return to work beginning next week, according to Jean-Pierre Mercier, who represents the CGT union. PSA Peugeot Citroen will not apply disciplinary action against strikers and will make concessions on pay for the strike ... [Published Inautonews - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Workers, Citroën C3, PSA Peugeot Citroën SA, Concession

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 3 hours ago - 5 reports

Farhatullah Babar

President has no plan to resign: spokesperson

ISLAMABAD: Dispelling the rumours, presidential spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar on Friday announced that President Asif Ali Zardari will not be resigning any time soon.Babar’s remarks came after rumours that President Zardari was planning to resign ... [Published The News International - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Resignation, Farhatullah Babar, Asif Ali Zardari

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 reports

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Hospitals cancel elective surgeries ahead of strike

Sacramento's UC Davis Medical Center and four other large University of California hospitals have begun canceling elective surgeries because of a two-day strike planned by some workers next week.UCDMC has postponed 48 elective surgeries $ including some ... [Published Sacramento Bee - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Workers, Patient, American Federation of State, County and Munici..., University of California Davis, Neonatal

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 4 reports

Layoffs at the Village Voice; Cuts at Patch

Layoffs hit the Village Voice, Patch restructures and the New York Post tries to reduce staff through buyouts. ... [Published Media Bistro - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Layoffs, Buyout

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 4 reports

Kenney visits California on a campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers north

SAN JOSE, CALIF.—The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward, just as the United Stats Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America’s immigration ... [Published Toronto Star Online - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Silicon Valley, Workers, Immigration

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 5 reports

NHS

Value of Public Sector Pension Shrinking Under New Proposal

According to a recent report by the Pensions Policy Institute, currently proposed changes to public sector pensions will greatly reduce their value for pension holders.For four million people, among them teachers and NHS workers, it means that the average ... [Published PensionCalculator.org - 2 mins ago]

Entities: NHS, Workers

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 6 reports

Deloitte

Contract agreements safeguard Daniel Contractors jobs

Almost 1,000 jobs have been safeguarded at Cheshire construction and civil engineering firm Daniel Contractors but 124 staff been made redundant.Administrators from Deloitte were appointed to the Warrington-headquartered company and its subsidiary Land ... [Published Insider Media Limited - May 17 2013]

Entities: Layoffs, Deloitte, Bill Dawson, Civil Engineering

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 7 reports

Garment workers return to factories

DHAKA - Thousands of garment workers returned to factories Friday in Bangladesh, three days after industrial action caused plants to close around Dhaka, police and industry leaders said.Work started peacefully Friday morning, district police chief of ... [Published ENCA - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Bangladesh, Dhaka (Bangladesh)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 7 reports

Underground strike is over - Amplats

Johannesburg - The underground strike at Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats) Tumela Mine, in Amandelbult, Limpopo, has ended, the company said on Friday.The workers returned to the surface on Thursday night, said company spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole.The ... [Published Daily News South Africa - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Anglo American Platinum Ltd, Johannesburg

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 7 reports

Amplats’ market value falls by R44bn

Dineo FakuIf there was ever any doubt about the true cost of South Africa’s mining crisis, the sharp slump in the market value of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) should put it to rest.Through yesterday, Amplats has seen R44 billion wiped off its market ... [Published IOL - May 17 2013]

Entities: Workers, Platinum, Mining, Lonmin PLC

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 13 reports

RBS set for fresh round of 1,400 job cuts

Royal Bank of Scotland is seeking to implement a fresh round of 1,400 job cuts to enable the bank to invest £700m in its UK retail arm over three years, RBS UK retail banking arm chief executive Ross McEwan has announced.McEwan was quoted by Financial ... [Published Banking Business Review - May 17 2013]

Entities: Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Layoffs, Retail Banking, United Kingdom, Redeployment

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 8 reports

Jobless claims jump to highest level since end of March

WASHINGTON More Americans than projected filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, which may raise concern the slowdown in economic growth is prompting an increase in firings.Jobless claims jumped by 32,000 to 360,000 in the week ended May ... [Published Denver Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Labor, TD Securities Inc, Hurricane Sandy, Volatility

Quotes

"The company issued a court injunction yesterday calling the workers to go back to work, but the employees reacted angrily."

Workers on illegal strike at chrome mine in S.Africa-union [Published Yahoo! News - 44 mins ago]

Speaking on the anniversary of the DA's opportunist march on COSATU House on 15 May 2012, she said that "By bowing to the narrow interests of COSATU and refusing to implement the youth wage subsidy, this government excludes young people from the economy. It cuts the youth off from opportunity"

Cosatu's Response to Helen Zille [Published AllAfrica.com - 47 mins ago]

"Decriminalising the trade will also mean that these women will no longer be abused by their clients and the police" he said

Sex workers want legal trade [Published IOL - 1 hour ago]

"It's been tough. I have to shoulder everything and look for jobs" said Clarke, who said the workshop gave him ideas for polishing his resume and broadening his search. "I stay positive. Something's going to come."

Md. sheds 6,200 jobs in April, Labor Department says [Published Individual.com - 2 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Regent, mayor sacked from party for graft [Published Allvoices Indonesia - 9 hours ago] The two regional heads, Mandailing Natal Regent Hidayat Batubara and suspended Medan Mayor Rahudman Harahap, are currently implicated in corruption cases. North Sumatra chapter Democratic Party head Tengku Milwan said the decision to dismiss the two regional ...
Subsidized CBC’s bullying [Published Ezra Levant - 12 hours ago] Eric Duhaime tells Ezra about the CBC’s war against private broadcasters in Quebec.This report aired on The Source May 17 2013. ...
Ohio gains 7,600 jobs in April, but still doesn... [Published Real-Time News: Latest Northeast Ohio News - cl ... - 12 hours ago] The job gain means Ohio's unemployment rate in April was 7.0, down from 7.1 percent the month before ...
Big Layoffs Hit The Studio Behind Defiance And ... [Published Kotaku - 14 hours ago] We're hearing of big layoffs at Trion Worlds, the company behind big online games like Rift and Defiance. Read more... ...
Caterpillar CEO: 'We Can Never Make Enough Profit' [Published Clusterstock - 14 hours ago] Corporate profits have been on the rise for some years now, but wages are stagnant, at best. That's best illustrated by these two charts , showing the trends in corporate profits as a percentage of GDP, compared to wages. Caterpillar, the world's ...

Audio/Video

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29% of Employers to Hire Workers This Summer [Published FOX Business - Video - 13 hours ago]
VIDEO: Social worker fast track course planned [Published BBC News Video - UK - May 17 2013]
Aid worker details dramatic rescue [Published CNN.com - Video - May 17 2013]
Health workers infected with coronavirus [Published CNN.com - Video - May 16 2013]
Juror 8 upset over dismissal [Published CNN.com - Video - May 16 2013]

Press Releases

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