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11 Nov 2009 10:53

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Offbeat: Laid-off journalists in need of a pick-me-up, see this post

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  • Journalists are nothing if not a bunch of clever bastards. And this anonymous Toronto Star employee, looking to protect the interests of editors and copy editors, may be the most clever bastard we’ve seen in a while. (Hat tip Clint Howarth.)source
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25 Oct 2009 15:09

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Biz: Newspaper job cuts are getting ever-bloodier in 2009

  • 14,010 journos laid off this year alone source
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19 Oct 2009 22:46

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Biz: The New York Times, the nation’s biggest newsroom, is shrinking

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04 Sep 2009 11:28

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Biz: American Apparel’s Dov Charney very sad about immigrant layoffs

  • Many of you have been with me for so many years, and I just cry when I think that so many people will be leaving the company. It is my belief that immigrants bring prosperity to any economy.
  • American Apparel CEO Dov Charney • In a letter to employees. The letter is one of those things that could come off like some jerk CEO just saying nice things, but instead it comes off really sincere. In the letter, he notes that his grandmother worked as an immigrant in a clothing factory, and his grandparents later paid seed money for him to start his company. He’s also offering priority to laid-off employees in getting new jobs with the company once their immigration status is straight. Charney gets lots of criticism from the press, but this screams “class act.” • source
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02 Sep 2009 09:35

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Biz, U.S.: The private sector is bleeding jobs slower than before

  • The private sector lost 360,000 jobs in July, mostly through layoffs (of sad people). source
  • In August, 298,000 jobs were lost. The slow economic bounceback begins. source
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25 Aug 2009 21:07

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U.S.: The U.S. Postal Service just delivered a bunch of buyout letters

  • 30,000 job cuts are needed by the USPS source
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27 Jul 2009 10:36

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Biz: Verizon goes more wireless, cuts ties to landline workers en masse

  • 8,000 landline workers are getting let loose source
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14 Jul 2009 20:38

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U.S.: The bruised and battered corpse of California’s budget beaten again

  • -2,000 jobs size of the job cuts for state employees Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today source
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01 Jul 2009 23:29

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Biz: Deciding furloughs weren’t enough, Gannett lays more people off

  • 1,400 employees will disappear into the nether-regions source
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16 Jun 2009 18:12

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Biz, Tech: MySpace’s layoff misery is like a money pit of bad puns for us

  • 30% Percentage of employees who will no longer be friends with Tom source
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