On AlterNet: layoffs

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GE Unleashes Propaganda Campaign To Hide Its Tiny Tax Burden and Mass Layoffs

Roger Bybee, In These Times. March 25, 2012.

GE paid an average of 2.3% in taxes over the last ten years, while slashing its US workforce by 32,000 jobs. But its new ad campaign aims to whitewash all that.

Time For a New Plan: Frightening Jobless Numbers Show Flaws in GOP Austerity Agenda

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. July 8, 2011.

While Obama pushes for a deal on the debt ceiling, jobs numbers make plain that the focus in Washington is in the wrong place: jobs, not deficits, are the crisis.

Inaction by Congress Deepens the Jobs Crisis

Zach Carter, The Media Consortium. July 7, 2010.

The jobs crisis is getting worse. Why won't Congress do anything about it?

Limbaugh's $400 Million Contract Is an Even Match for Clear Channel's Layoffs

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. May 7, 2009.

What does Limbaugh think when he reads about the collapse of his radio employer while lounging in his 24,000-square-foot Florida estate?

"Can My Employer Do That to Me?" Find Out If You're Being Treated Fairly

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. March 13, 2009.

Labor and employment laws are complicated beasts. A new website launched by the Chicago-based national group Interfaith Worker Justice offers help.

After Layoffs, Couples Wrestle With Role Reversal

Adrienne Gibbs, Women's eNews. January 12, 2009.

Layoffs in male-dominated sectors are forcing some couples out of traditional gender roles.

Yes on 8 Spending Forces Layoffs at Focus on the Family

Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake. November 18, 2008.

James Dobson's Focus on the Family is poised to announce major layoffs.

John McCainâ€™s New Economic Advisor Is an 'Innovator' at Hurting Workers

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 10, 2008.

She pushed down wages, and left town with a fat severance package.

Circuit City Slaughter: Seniority Means a Pink Slip

Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. April 10, 2007.

Not so long ago seniority was rewarded with higher pay and other perks. But that higher pay now carries a lethal risk, as Circuit City has just demonstrated.