Layoff Tracker

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Latest layoffs:

Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) increases previously announced layoffs--bringing total to 10,000 workers, or 6% of the company’s workforce.

Jan. 28: Starbucks (nasdaq: SBUX - news - people ) organizes closings at 900 stores worldwide and fires 6,700 in the process.

Jan. 28: Target (nyse: TGT - news - people ) cuts 400 open positions and 600 employees on sagging sales.

Jan. 27: Time Warner’s (nyse: TWX - news - people ) AOL reduces workforce by 10% (700 workers) as it fights declining ad revenue.

Jan. 27: Cabinet company Merillat--a subsidiary of Masco (nyse: MAS - news - people )--cuts 20% of workforce (70 workers).

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January 2009

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November 2008

Date	Company	Total Laid Off	Industry
1/28/2009	Starbucks	6,700	Restaurants
1/28/2009	Boeing	10,000	Aerospace
1/28/2009	Time Warner	1,500	Media
1/27/2009	Target	1,000	Retailing
1/27/2009	Masco	600	Construction
1/26/2009	IBM	2,800	Software
1/26/2009	Texas Instruments	3,400	Semiconductors
1/26/2009	Lincoln National	540	Insurance
1/26/2009	Caterpillar	20,814	Capital Goods
1/26/2009	General Motors	9,758	Durables
1/26/2009	Home Depot	7,000	Retailing
1/26/2009	Pfizer	19,800	Pharmaceuticals
1/26/2009	Sprint Nextel	8,000	Telecommunications
1/23/2009	Abercrombie & Fitch	50	Retailing
1/23/2009	Deere & Company	662	Capital Goods
1/23/2009	Harley-Davidson	1,100	Consumer Durables
1/22/2009	Microsoft	5,000	Software
1/22/2009	Huntsman	1,665	Chemicals
1/21/2009	Burlington Santa Fe	2,500	Transportation
1/21/2009	UAL	1,000	Transportation
1/21/2009	SPX	400	Conglomerates
1/21/2009	Intel	5,000	Semiconductors
1/21/2009	Walt Disney	600	Media
1/21/2009	Wynn Resorts	53	Leisure
1/21/2009	Eaton	5,609	Capital Goods
1/20/2009	Clear Channel	1,850	Media
1/20/2009	Deere & Co.	160	Capital Goods
1/16/2009	ConocoPhillips	1,300	Oil & Gas
1/16/2009	Hertz Global Holdings	4,000	Business Services
1/16/2009	WellPoint	600	Health Care
1/16/2009	Advanced Micro Devices	1,700	Semiconductors
1/15/2009	Xerox	275	Business Services
1/15/2009	MeadWestvaco	2,000	Materials
1/15/2009	Autodesk	750	Software
1/15/2009	Marshall & Ilsley	830	Banking
1/15/2009	General Electric	1,000	Conglomerates
1/14/2009	Ecolab	1,000	Chemicals
1/14/2009	Delta Air Lines	2,000	Transportation
1/14/2009	Motorola	4,000	Technology
1/14/2009	Google	100	Software
1/13/2009	KeyCorp	200	Banking
1/13/2009	Newell Rubbermaid	75	Household
1/13/2009	Cummins	1,300	Capital Goods
1/12/2009	Textron	2,665	Conglomerates
1/12/2009	Mosaic	1,000	Chemicals
1/12/2009	Best Buy	500	Retailing
1/12/2009	Precision Castparts	40	Defense
1/9/2009	Oracle	500	Software
1/9/2009	Smithfield Foods	75	Food
1/9/2009	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	2,750	Materials
1/8/2009	Union Pacific	230	Transportation
1/8/2009	General Dynamics	179	Defense
1/7/2009	Walgreen	1,000	Retailing
1/7/2009	EMC	2,400	Technology
1/6/2009	Alcoa	13,500	Materials
1/5/2009	Cigna	1,100	Health Care
1/5/2009	United States Steel	4,225	Materials
12/31/2008	Mohawk Industries	160	Consumer Durables
12/31/2008	Tyson Foods	120	Food
12/31/2008	Target	132	Retailing
12/30/2008	Allegheny Technologies	323	Materials
12/30/2008	Motorola	400	Technology
12/23/2008	ULA (Boeing, Lockheed Martin)	172	Joint Venture
12/23/2008	Johnson Controls	125	Consumer Durables
12/23/2008	Las Vegas Sands	11,500	Leisure
12/22/2008	Parker-Hannifin	405	Capital Goods
12/19/2008	Genworth Financial	1,000	Insurance
12/19/2008	Electronic Arts	1,000	Software
12/19/2008	Sovereign Bancorp	1,000	Banking
12/18/2008	Omnicom Group	3,145	Media
12/17/2008	Ryder System	3,100	Services
12/17/2008	Western Digital	2,500	Technology
12/17/2008	Aetna	1,000	Health Care
12/17/2008	Parker-Hannifin	46	Capital Goods
12/17/2008	Bristol-Myers Squibb	3,700	Pharmaceuticals
12/16/2008	CBS	30	Media
12/15/2008	Merrill Lynch	400	Financials
12/15/2008	Charles Schwab	100	Financials
12/13/2008	Berkshire Hathaway	345	Finance
12/12/2008	International Paper	2,050	Materials
12/11/2008	Bank of America	35,000	Banking
12/11/2008	Whirlpool	250	Durables
12/10/2008	Mohawk Industries	105	Durables
12/10/2008	Procter & Gamble	320	Household
12/09/2008	Praxair	1,600	Chemicals
12/08/2008	Anheuser-Busch Co.	1,400	Food
12/08/2008	3M	2,300	Conglomerates
12/08/2008	Wyndham Worldwide	4,000	Leisure
12/08/2008	Dow Chemical	5,000	Chemicals
12/05/2008	Legg Mason	200	Financials
12/05/2008	Cablevision	100	Media
12/05/2008	Staples	140	Retailing
12/04/2008	Steel Dynamics	65	Materials
12/04/2008	Windstream	170	Telecommunications
12/04/2008	General Electric	500	Conglomerates
12/04/2008	E.I. du Pont de Nemours	2,500	Chemicals
12/04/2008	AT&T	12,000	Telecommunications
12/03/2008	United Technologies	350	Conglomerates
12/03/2008	Gannett	2,000	Media
12/03/2008	Adobe Systems	600	Software
12/03/2008	Jefferies Group	300	Financials
12/03/2008	Viacom	850	Media
12/01/2008	JPMorgan Chase	9,200	Banking
12/01/2008	PepsiCo	87	Food
11/25/2008	Dana Holding	50	Durables
11/24/2008	BlackRock	10	Financials
11/21/2008	Western Union	200	Business Services
11/20/2008	Bank of New York Mellon	1,800	Banking
11/20/2008	Boeing	800	Aerospace
11/17/2008	Citigroup	52,000	Banking
11/14/2008	Sun Microsystems	6,000	Technology
11/12/2008	Applied Materials	1,800	Technology
11/12/2008	Morgan Stanley	2,000	Finance
11/12/2008	Liberty Media	910	Retailing
11/11/2008	AK Steel Holding	800	Materials
11/7/2008	Ford Motor	2,600	Durables
11/6/2008	Mattel	1,000	Household
11/6/2008	MGM Mirage	400	Leisure
11/4/2008	Hartford Financial Services Group	500	Finance