Pink Slips Layoff Tracker

[Mrs. Sharon B. Hodge]

Pink Slips
Layoff Tracker
Compiled by Klaus Kneale, 12.09.08, 11:20 AM EST
Number of layoffs since Nov. 1, 2008, at America's 500 largest public companies:

138,940
Latest Layoffs:
Dec. 8: Anheuser-Busch (nyse: BUD - news - people ) cuts U.S. workforce by 6% (1,400); freezes hiring on 250 open positions; eliminates 415 contractor jobs.

Dec. 8: 3M (nyse: MMM - news - people ) lowers 2008 outlook; fires 2,300.

Dec. 8: Wyndham Worldwide (nyse: WYN - news - people ) pink-slips 4,000 while trimming down timeshare business.
Dec. 8: Dow Chemical (nyse: DOW - news - people ) closes 20 plants, sells several businesses, cuts workforce by 11% (5,000 jobs).

Dec. 5: Legg Mason (nyse: LM - news - people ) lays off 200 (8% of staff).

Dec. 5: Newsday--owned by Cablevision (nyse: CVC - news - people )--raises newsstand price and fires 100.

See all December Layoffs

See all November Layoffs

Date Company1 Total Laid Off2 Industry
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 General Motors 7,758 Durables
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
12/05/2008 Cummins 500 Capital Goods
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
12/032008 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 1200 Materials
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
12/2/2008 United States Steel 4,175 Materials
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 Berkshire Hathaway 215 Finance
11/21/2008 International Paper 550 Materials
11/21/2008 Western Union 200 Business Services
11/20/2008 Bank of New York Mellon 1,800 Banking
11/20/2008 Whirlpool 100 Durables
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 Las Vegas Sands 11,000 Leisure
11/12/2008 Morgan Stanley 2,000 Finance
11/12/2008 Liberty Media 910 Retailing
11/12/2008 Textron 665 Conglomerates
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
11/6/2008 Omnicom Group 145 Media
11/4/2008 Hartford Financial Services Group 500 Finance