December 2008 Layoffs List

1. AMD (nyse: AMD), Layoff announced: 12/29/08, Employees affected: 100
2. Johnson Controls (nyse: JCI), Layoff announced: 12/23/08, Employees affected: 125
3. Las Vegas Sands (nyse: LVS), Layoff announced: 12/23/08, Location: Macau, Employees affected: 500
4. Parker-Hannifin (nyse: PH), Layoff announced: 12/22/08, Employees affected: 405
5. Eaton (nyse: ETN), Layoff announced: 12/22/08, Employees affected: 331
6. Genworth Financial (nyse: GNW), Layoff announced: 12/19/08, Location: worldwide, Employees affected: 1,000
7. Electronic Arts (nasdaq: ERTS), Layoff announced: 12/19/08, Employees affected: 1,000
8. Sovereign Bancorp (nyse: SOV), Layoff announced: 12/19/08, Employees affected: 1,000
9. Omnicom Group (nyse: OMC), Layoff announced: 12/18/08, Employees affected: 3,000
10. Caterpillar (nyse: CAT), Layoff announced: 12/18/08, Employees affected: 814
11. Ryder System (nyse: R), Layoff announced: 12/17/08, Location: South America, Employees affected: 3,100
12. Western Digital (nyse: WDC), Layoff announced: 12/17/08, Employees affected: 2,500
13. Aetna (nyse: AET), Layoff announced: 12/17/08, Employees affected: 1,000
14. Bristol-Myers Squibb (nyse: BMY), Layoff announced: 12/17/08, Employees affected: 3,700 (in addition to 10% cut in back in July)
15. CBS Corp (nyse: CBS), Layoff announced: 12/16/08, Employees affected: 30
16. Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER), Layoff announced: 12/15/08, Employees affected: 400 (amateur brokers-in-training)
17. Charles Schwab (nasdaq: SCHW), Layoff announced: 12/15/08, Employees affected: 100
18. Union Tank Car Company (majority owned by Berkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRK.A)), Layoff announced: 12/13/08, Employees affected: 130
19. Masco (nyse: MAS), Layoff announced: 12/12/08, Employees affected: 500
20. International Paper (nyse: IP), Layoff announced: 12/12/08, Employees affected: 1,500
21. Las Vegas Sands (nyse: LVS), Layoff announced: 12/12/08, Location: Las Vegas area, Employees affected: 216
22. Bank of America (nyse: BAC), Layoff announced: 12/11/08, Employees affected: 35,000 (over three years)
23. Whirlpool (nyse: WHR), Layoff announced: 12/11/08, Employees affected: 150
24. Dal-Tile (owned by Mohawk Industries (nyse: MHK)), Layoff announced: 12/10/08, Location: Gettysburg, Pa, Employees affected: 105
25. Procter & Gamble (nyse: PG), Layoff announced: 12/10/08, Closure of Clairol plant, Employees affected: 320
26. Praxair (nyse: PX), Layoff announced: 12/9/08, Employees affected: 1,600
27. Anheuser-Busch (nyse: BUD), Layoff announced: 12/8/08, Location: US nationwide, Employees affected: 1,400; Contractors affected: 415
28. 3M (nyse: MMM), Layoff announced: 12/8/08, Employees affected: 2,300
29. Wyndham Worldwide (nyse: WYN), Layoff announced: 12/8/08, Employees affected: 4,000
30. Dow Chemical (nyse: DOW), Layoff announced: 12/8/08, Closure of 20 plants, Employees affected: 5,000 (11% of staff)
31. Legg Mason (nyse: LM), Layoff announced: 12/5/08, Employees affected: 200 (8% of staff)
32. Newsday (owned by Cablevision (nyse: CVC)), Layoff announced: 12/5/08, Employees affected: 100
33. Staples (nasdaq: SPLS), Layoff announced: 12/19/08, Employees affected: 140
34. General Motors (nyse: GM), Layoff announced: 12/5/08, Employees affected: additional 2,000
35. Steel Dynamics (nasdaq: STLD), Layoff announced: 12/4/08, Employees affected: 65
36. Cummins (nyse: CMI), Layoff announced: 12/5/08, Employees affected: 500
37. Windstream (nyse: WIN), Layoff announced: 12/4/08, Employees affected: 170
38. NBC Universal, Layoff announced: 12/4/08, Employees affected: 500 (3% of workforce)
39. DuPont (nyse: DD), Layoff announced: 12/4/08, Employees affected: 2,500
40. AT&T (nyse: T), Layoff announced: 12/4/08, Employees affected: 12,000 (4% of workforce)
41. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (nyse: FCX), Layoff announced: 12/3/08, Location: New Mexico mine, Employees affected: 600
42. Pratt & Whitney (owned by United Technologies (nyse: UTX)), Layoff announced: 12/3/08, Employees affected: 350
43. Gannett (nyse: GCI), Layoff announced: 12/3/08, Employees affected: 2,000
44. Adobe Systems (nasdaq: ADBE), Layoff announced: 12/3/08, Employees affected: 600
45. Jefferies Group (nyse: JEF), Layoff announced: 12/3/08, Employees affected: 300 (13% of workforce)
46. Viacom (nyse: VIA), Layoff announced: 12/3/08, Employees affected: 850
47. United States Steel (nyse: X), Layoff announced: 12/2/08, Employees affected: 3,500
48. JPMorgan Chase (nyse: JPM), Layoff announced: 12/1/08, Employees affected: 9,200 (21% of WaMu staff)
49. PepsiCo (nyse: PEP), Layoff announced: 12/1/08, Location: Oklahoma Gatorade plant, Employees affected: 87