Hello Brent6969,
Below you will find the results of my research for Chicago job cuts or
layoffs that were announced or executed from January 1, 2006 to the
present.
Chicago Tribune
February 2, 2006
900 jobs to be cut in medical products
Abbott, Hospira cite need to reduce costs
?More than 900 jobs will disappear from two of Lake County's largest
medical products makers as the companies look for ways to counter high
manufacturing costs in the hotly competitive pharmaceutical and
medical device sectors.?
?In all, more than 1,700 jobs will disappear across the United States
in separate actions announced Wednesday by hospital products maker
Hospira Inc. and drug and device giant Abbott Laboratories.?
?Hospira said it would trim about 1,500 U.S. jobs, or about 12 percent
of its worldwide workforce, including 660 jobs at a plant in North
Chicago.?
Chicago Tribune: February 2, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0602020315feb02,1,1579421.story
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Chicago Tribune
January 20, 2006
Hollinger revamp to prune 300 jobs
?Chicago Sun-Times parent Hollinger International Inc. on Thursday
announced a reorganization plan that will eliminate about 300 jobs, or
one out of every 10 positions at the newspaper company.
The revamping "will not only improve our productivity and the quality
of our products and services," said Chairman and Chief Executive
Gordon Paris, "but will also allow us to effectively and efficiently
deliver the power of the [news] group to our advertisers."
The streamlining moves will help remedy the "disappointing financial
performance" Hollinger's Chicago-area operations turned in for 2005,
the company said.?
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?Major layoffs like those announced Thursday typically engender
multimillion-dollar one-time charges against a corporation's
earnings.?
Chicago Tribune: January 20, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0601200142jan20,1,2824614.story
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Bloomberg News
February 16, 2006
WASHINGTON MUTUAL: S&L to cut 2,500 jobs, 30 in Downers Grove
?Washington Mutual Inc., the nation's largest savings and loan, said
Wednesday that it is eliminating about 2,500 jobs, including nearly 30
at its operations in Downers Grove, and closing 10 of its
loan-processing units to streamline back-office operations.
The Downers Grove facility is the only one in the Chicago area that
will be affected, said a Washington Mutual spokesman, and it will not
be closing completely. He said the net effect in Downers Grove could
be more jobs because work at some of the facilities being closed could
be transferred to its office in that western suburb.?
Chicago Tribune: February 16, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0602160163feb16,1,5773736.story
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Chicago Tribune
January 26, 2006
Up to 700 Allstate job cuts
Northbrook targeted in voluntary buyouts
?Allstate Corp., which last fall posted a record quarterly loss in the
wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, plans to cut 600 to 700 jobs at
its Northbrook headquarters through a voluntary buyout program.?
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?In a memo sent to employees Monday, Allstate workers were told of the
"voluntary termination offers."
"I don't know exactly how many will take it, but we expect our
workforce in our home office complex will be reduced by about 10
percent," or between 600 and 700 workers, spokesman Michael Trevino
said Wednesday.
The buyout offer is being made mostly to salaried workers in
Northbrook. Employees who accept the offer will be let go no later
than May 31.?
Chicago Tribune: January 26, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0601260094jan26,1,1705919.story
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Daily Southtown
January 6, 2006
Downsizing Kmart cuts local jobs
?Local Kmart workers lost their jobs Wednesday amid companywide cuts.
Kmart officials refused to disclose how many jobs were being cut
throughout the company's 1,479 stores.
One employee at the New Lenox store said he knew of at least 20 people
let go there, and he had heard that nine workers at the Lockport store
were fired as part of a company-wide downsizing.?
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"We found some stores won't be adjusted. Some will hire additional
staff. Some stores will be adjusted to meet the needs of customers,"
he said.
An employee who lost his job at the New Lenox store said the company
was cutting full-time workers.
They told me if I want to reapply I could reapply for a part-time
position," the worker said.?
Daily Southtown: January 6, 2006
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsbiz/063bd3.htm
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Chicago Sun Times
January 19, 2006
City laying off 32 in Human Services
?The Chicago Department of Human Services is laying off 32
administrative employees and eliminating 19 administrative vacancies
because of flat federal grants that have not kept pace with rising
personnel costs.
The layoffs won't help morale in a department that has been without a
commissioner since the surprise resignation of Carmelo Vargas earlier
this month.?
Chicago Sun Times: January 19, 2006
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-layoff19.html
Chicago Tribune
January 19, 2006
Chicago laying off 32 employees
?Thirty-two employees in the city's Department of Human Services are
losing their jobs because of insufficient state and federal funding,
officials acknowledged on Wednesday. "Layoffs began on Friday and were
completed"
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?The non-union employees identified in the staff cut were laid off
effective immediately. They will be paid through Jan. 31, officials
said. The last day of work for laid-off union workers, who are
represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, will be Feb. 28.?
Chicago Tribune: January 19, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-0601190134jan19,1,858736.story
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Chicago Sun Times
January 23, 2006
Budget crisis threatens school jobs
?Faced with a huge spike in pension costs, Chicago Public School
officials are weighing a host of drastic measures -- including cutting
more than 1,000 teaching jobs and raising high school class size -- to
balance their coming budget.
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?Shrinking student enrollment will cost the jobs of another 600
teachers, bringing the total classroom job loss to as high as 1,335,
officials say. A "significant" percentage will be layoffs, one CPS
official said.?
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?Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan said the school district faces
"painful" cuts to close a looming $328 million budget deficit.
"Closing that gap will not be easy," Duncan said Monday in a speech to
the City Club of Chicago. "It won't be impossible, it's just going to
be painful."?
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?For that reason, CPS is considering eliminating 200 special education
teachers and aides; 40 to 60 reading specialists involved in a
Daley-ordered reading push, and 50 to 75 math teachers and
specialists. Potential savings: up to $35 million.?
Chicago Sun Times: January 23, 2006
http://www.suntimes.com/output/education/cst-nws-skul23.html
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Chicago Tribune
Feb. 2, 2006
Funding too late to stop layoffs
?State officials said Wednesday that funding for a Chicago State
University student outreach program is on its way to the university, a
day after the program's employees were laid off. The school's
president had said she would keep the Student Financial Assistance
Outreach Center open through January while awaiting promised funding
from Springfield. When the $300,000 failed to materialize by the end
of the month, she laid off the center's three employees.?
Chicago Tribune: Feb. 2, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0602020329feb02,1,2922579.story
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Chicago Tribune
February 15, 2006
$77 million in school cuts
Hundreds of classroom jobs will be eliminated citywide next year,
although the district is backing off a controversial proposal to raise
class size in high schools
Chicago Tribune: February 15, 2006
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0602150112feb15,1,1677393.story
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