Layoffs at Wisconsin Companies

[GTO Man]

Hexion plant in Pleasant Prairie near Kenosha – 110 people
Wisconsin Box in Wausau – 64 people
Bluegreen Corp – 150 people

Bergstrom – I have heard they have let 50% of their staff go statewide.

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[GTO Man]

Wausau Paper has cut 60 salaried jobs at nine facilities because of a slowdown in orders over the last five months.

[GTO Man]

http://www.channel3000.com/money/18644650/detail.html

2 Rock County Employers Hit By Recession

Freedom Plastics Inc., which employs more than 150 people, is now for sale

United Alloy laid off 15 employees

[Amigo2k]

Cummins layoffs hit Stoughton

Mike Ivey — 2/05/2009 9:24 am

The drumbeat of layoffs has hit the Cummins Emissions Solutions plant in Stoughton, the former Nelson Industries.

About 15 engineers and sales professionals were let go there this week as part of a larger cutback throughout Cummins’ global operations, said spokesman Mark Land.

http://www.madison.com/tct/business/436670

[Amigo2k]

Woodbridge Corporation Cuts Production Line
65 Jobs Cut

http://www.channel3000.com/money/18652669/detail.html

[Amigo2k]

MERRILL, Wis. — The Merrill Area School Board has issued layoff notices to 21 teachers — or 10 percent of the faculty — to deal with an expected budget shortfall next fall.

http://www.channel3000.com/education/18658951/detail.html

[Amigo2k]

Woodbridge Corp. in Brodhead, which makes fabricated rubber products, said it will shut down its Molded Foam business about April 10, affecting 99 employees, including 73 hourly workers and 26 salaried employees.

Spuncast, Inc., of Watertown said the unexpected termination of contracts with Caterpillar and other principal clients resulted in 30 layoffs as of Wednesday.

Exopack, LLC, in Tomah said the long-term layoff of 28 employees will start about April 6 as it discontinues its Printed In-Line Extrusion Department.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WI_JOB_CUTS_WIOL-?SITE=WIMAD&SECTION=HOME

[Amigo2k]

Time Warner to lay off
20 in Wisconsin

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/state_ap_greenbay_time_warner_to_layoff_20_in_wisconsin_200902041348_rev1

[GTO Man]

You don’t hear of schools laying off teachers very often.

[circletrack]

No, and that’s very scary…

My employer has laid off 10 people or so in the last couple weeks… I have my fingers tightly crossed it doesn’t continue. I bring the money into the company so hopefully I’m safe for now.

[GTO Man]

Stoughton Trailers – 150 workers laid off. THey have less than 400 workers now their lowest level since 2001.

[Amigo2k]

MADISON, Wis. — A Madison computer technology plant will shut down in April, resulting in about 62 layoffs.

The state Department of Workforce Development said on Monday it received the notification from Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing, of Tempe, Ariz.

The company reported the closing of the Madison plant means the layoffs will start April 6 and continue through April 20.

http://www.channel3000.com/money/18678244/detail.html

[Amigo2k]

Telemarketing firm Sitel laying off 82

The Capital Times — 2/13/2009 6:07 pm

In a notice sent to the Department of Workforce Development, outsourcing and telemarketing firm Sitel said it is laying off 82 people in its Madison office on Deming Way, and that those layoffs are likely to be permanent.

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/438481

[GTO Man]

Fond du Lac – Mercury Marine 85 permanent job cuts

Arcadia – Ashley Furniture 90 people

http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/latest/438607

[Amigo2k]

APPLETON, Wis. — Appleton Coated LLC said it will lay off 63 workers, or about 9 percent of its employees, due to a drop in demand for coated paper.

http://www.channel3000.com/money/18734393/detail.html

[Amigo2k]

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