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Who’s Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing (or rumoring) layoffs for the week ended 10-23-09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting.

Layoffs announced and rumored this week were in the Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Financial/Banking, and Publishing sectors.

Inclusion on this listing doesn?t mean the entire industry is down, as many from the same sector appeared on the ?Who?s Hiring? article published 10/19/09. It is interesting to note that while Federal hiring is on the rise, a number of State and Local governments have continued to see cutbacks for over the past month.

Health care organizations were laying off such as Valley Mental Health, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Cook County Health System, Oak Forest Hospital, Pfizer, Carestream Health, Navilyst Medical, Eli Lilly, Smith Medical.

Publishers continued to shed jobs as Time, The New York Times, The Charlotte Observer, and McGraw-Hill announced layoffs, while rumors swirled all around Conde-Nast about which units would face job cuts.

Job seekers: You might want to look in greener pastures than these companies.

Organizations announcing or rumored layoffs week ended 10/23/09:

Alstom Transport, Hornell NY (500)
Electrolux, Webster City IA (850)
Valley Mental Health, Salt Lake City UT (up to 125)
Time Inc, NYC (approx 600)
Sun Microsystems, National (3,000)
International Paper, National (1,600)
Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Evansville & Mt Vernon IN (115)
Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Chicago IL (335)
State of Iowa (793)
Oak Forest Hospital, Oak Forest IL (200)
Emerson/Schneider National, Bridgeton MO (330)
NCR Corporation, National (2200)
Modine Manufacturing Company, Harrodsburg KY (110)
Nautilus, Independence VA (173)
Expedia, Tacoma WA (200?)
New Page Corp, Whiting WI (100?)
Pilkington Automotive Glass Plant (NSG Group), Clinton MI (130)
Sallie Mae, National (1-2K?)
State of Massachusetts (726)
Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto CA (150)
Pfizer, Overland Park KS (200)
Regions Financial Corp, Birmingham AL (1700 YTD)
Sullivan County, NY (100)
Lexmark International Inc, Lexington KY (825)
Mohawk Industries, Waynesboro VA (120)
Jakks Pacific Inc, Malibu CA (100+)
Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago IL (1000+)
Missouri Department of Natural Resources (Division of State Parks) (100+)
BAE Systems, West Manchester PA (130)
City of Chicago, IL (220 positions eliminated)
New York Times, NYC (100)
Workforce Solutions, East Texas (50)
Standard Chartered Bank, Miami FL (72)
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, National (57)
Forum Health Inc, Youngstown OH (52)
Carestream Health Inc, Windsor CO (70)
State of Iowa (791)
Kronos Inc. (Stromburg), Lake Mary FL (70)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach FL (21)
General Shale, Spring City TN (19)
Navilyst Medical, Glens Falls NY (51)
Sacramento County, CA (76)
Pilkington Automotive, Clinton MI (130)
LHI Enterprises Inc, Hartland WI (80)
Georgia Pacific, Fordyce AR (300)
Extreme Networks, Santa Clara CA (70)
Lockheed Martin, Archbald PA (50)
Goss International, Dover NH (unknown)
Eli Lilly, National (unknown)
Freescale Semiconductiors, Austin TX and National (unknown)
Shuttle America, Honolulu HI (74)
CNH Global, International (10-12%)
Child Protective Services, Sacramento CA (76)
St. Joseph County, IN (54)
Estes Express Lines, Knoxville TN (unknown)
21st Century Insurance, Vestal NY (54)
State of Pennsylvania (unknown)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving MADD, National (unknown)
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte NC (unknown)
Arizona Department of Public Safety (unknown)
Smith Medical, Waukesha WI (104)
Wausau Paper, Appleton WI (55)
Tree Top Inc, Rialto CA (75)
Assurant Specialty Property, Santa Ana & Tustin CA (74)
The McGraw-Hill Cos, Woodland Hills CA (85)
West Marine Products, Watsonville CA (325)
Curtiss-Wright Controls, Integrated Sensing, Long Beach CA (81)
Kavlico, Moorpark CA (169)
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston TX (62)
Fluor Enterprises, Inc, Sugar Land TX (617)
Redcats USA, Universal City TX (490)
Big Stick Media, National Sports Services, Las Vegas NV (unknown)
FormTech Industries, Minerva, OH (68)
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Havre de Grace MD (50)
Faurecia Automotive Seating Inc, Walton KY (68)
Farmers Group Inc, Vestal NY (54)
The Really Cool Food Company LLC, Syosset NY (78)
Matrx (Midmark Corporation), Orchard Park NY (87)

Source: Google, Twitter, AllPinkSlips.com, Telonu.com, TechCrunch.com, CoStar.com, Gawker, Screwedd.com

Readers ? If you know of employers announcing significant layoff plans, or employers reducing large numbers of employees, please comment below to add to this list.

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