‘They’re liquidating us’: AT&T continues layoffs and outsourcing despite profits

  Source: The Guardian   The communications giant is expecting a windfall of $20bn in savings from Trump’s tax reforms, but has closed 44 call centers since 2011 Michael Sainato
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Wal-Mart has announced thousands of layoffs since publicizing bonuses and benefits expansion

  Source: Market Watch | TONYA GARCIA Wal-Mart has talked up investments in staff while making staff cuts nationwide Since Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced it would hand out bonuses and expand benefits
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A Disney IT worker who was laid off and replaced by foreign workers along with hundreds of his colleagues broke down in tears before a Senate panel Thursday while telling his story.

Breitbart | by CAROLINE MAY | 25 Feb 2016   “During the holiday season of 2014, I was sent a meeting invitation by a prominent Disney executive. With an excellent review in hand
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VIDEO: 1400 People are laid off by Carrier Air Conditioner (Part of United Technologies) as operations move to Mexico

Microsoft cuts another 7,800 jobs, takes $7.6 billion “impairment charge”

“Based on the new plans, the future prospects for the Phone Hardware segment are below original expectations. Accordingly, the company concluded that an impairment adjustment of its Phone Hardware segment
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Oil layoffs reach 150,000, recruiting firm says

“A big portion of the layoffs have come from the oil fields service sector. In recent months, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Weatherford, the world’s four biggest oil-tool providers, have
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