Mass Layoffs Summary

...and the Bush lies continue ...we are so fecking wonderful!!!

Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 05-878
http://www.bls.gov/mls/

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, May 27, 2005


MASS LAYOFFS IN APRIL 2005

In April 2005, employers took 1,274 mass layoff actions, seasonally
adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits
during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a
single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 136,837,
on a seasonally adjusted basis. (See table 1.) The number of layoff
events rose by 80, and the number of associated initial claims increased by
5,989 from March. In the manufacturing sector, 395 mass layoff events were
reported during April 2005, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 63,121 initial
claims; both figures were higher than a month earlier. (See table 1.)

From January through April 2005, the total number of events (seasonally
adjusted), at 5,053, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted), at 536,359,
were lower than in January-April 2004 (5,465 and 564,097, respectively).

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she and many, many others are getting laid off at Kodak. Kodak has been having mass layoffs for years, but they're cutting research, sales and management now. That sounds much like a death throe to me rather than a normal, garden variety mass layoff.
She worked there 25 years. I had 29 in when I walked out on my own terms. They're getting rid of all of the senior workers and keeping all of the young ones that they don't have to pay squat.
Let's hurry and get CAFTA passed.....there are still a few high paying jobs remaining, and we all know we can't have that.