Caterpillar France to lay off 733 workers at two factories.

Cruvic — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:14:43 +0000

In response to the worsening economic prospects, Caterpillar will lay off 733 workers at two factories. In February, Caterpillar France said it was facing a 55 percent loss of orders between 2008 and 2009. At one point, Caterpillar offered to reduce the number of layoffs from 733 to 600 if an accord were signed. However, the majority of the 2552 workers at the Grenoble and nearby Echirolles sites refused to approve in a vote May 6.

Total losses = 733

The Klaus Kneale Pink-Slip List (P-SL) for April 2009.

Cruvic — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:19:15 +0000

The following Pink-Slip List (P-SL) was compiled by Klaus Kneale.

Job Losses = 19247

April 28: On top of 1850 layoffs announced in January, Clear Channel slashes 590 jobs, bringing cuts to 12% of its original workforce total.
April 27: Lockheed Martin dismisses 225 in New York; cites lost business for Presidential Helicopter Program.
April 27: PPG Industries lays off 110 at fiberglass plant in North Carolina.
April 27: CSX fires more than 150 at New York rail yard.
April 27: General Motors increases originally planned cuts to its U.S. hourly workforce by 8000.
April 24: Carrier Corporation a subsidiary of United Technologies cuts 140 hourly workers.
April 23: Embarq closes call center in North Carolina and dismisses 51 workers.
April 22: Philip Morris International closes North Carolina cigarette plant and fires 1100 workers.
April 22: T. Rowe Price Group reduces workforce by 5.5% (288 jobs), hitting all areas of the company except portfolio managers.
April 22: Capital One Financial cuts 60 employees in its credit card division.
April 20: Brown-Forman Corp. pink-slips 250 workers, or 6% of its global workforce.
April 21: Yahoo! reports 78% drop in first-quarter profit and 5% cut in global workforce (roughly 675 employees).
April 20: Nordstrom cuts 72 jobs in Iowa and Washington.
April 18: Weyerhaeuser closes trucking division in Oregon and cuts 75 jobs.
April 15: Emerson Electric subsidiary in Tennessee fires 200 workers at plant that makes industrial generators.
April 14: Discover Financial Services blames credit losses for 4% workforce reduction (500 jobs).
April 14: Deere & Co. combines two units resulting in 200 pink-slips.
April 13: General Electric fires 100 workers at plant in North Carolina on reduced demand for the plant’s products.
April 9: General Electric’s health care arm fires 179 in Wisconsin.
April 9: Johnson & Johnson cuts 900 jobs in its U.S. pharmaceuticals division as competition in drugs pushes prices down.
April 8: Eastman Chemical notifies 300 employees of layoff; 200 of the cuts are in Tennessee, where the company is based.
April 8: Navistar International pink-slips 350 workers at plant in Ontario.
April 8: Deere & Co. fires 160 workers in Iowa factory in latest of ongoing cuts.
April 6: Weakness in solar power forces General Electric to layoff 85 at solar-panel plant in Delaware.
April 6: Procter & Gamble dismisses 90 workers at Puerto Rico plant that makes skin care products and cold medicine.
April 3: FedEx fires 1000 following a 75% drop in third-quarter earnings announced last month.
April 3: Walt Disney Co. cuts 1900 jobs 1200 people and 700 empty positions at its U.S. theme parks.
April 2: Rite Aid closes a distribution center in Georgia and lays off 297 workers.
April 1: 3M slashes global workforce by 1.5% (1200 jobs) following a December cut of 2300 workers.

2500 more job cut at Caterpillar.

Cruvic — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:16:02 +0000

Most of this latest round of job cuts involves two plants in Illinois: East Peoria which builds dozers and pipelayers and Aurora which make and excavators and wheel loaders.

The losses are across the board ranging from white collar staff to production workers and come on top of 25000 layoffs already announced.

Caterpillar, are the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment.

Job losses = 2500

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Caterpillar France to lay off 733 workers at two factories.

The Klaus Kneale Pink-Slip List (P-SL) for April 2009.

2500 more job cut at Caterpillar.