Layoffs for May 2009 at America's 500 largest public companies

May 30: Deere & Co ( DE - news - people ) lays off 89 in North Dakota and 16 in Louisiana as part of ongoing reductions.
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May 29: Cintas ( CTAS - news - people ) projects worse than expected fourth-quarter results and lays off 650 workers.

May 22: Monsanto ( MON - news - people ) lays off 55 in Mississippi as part of manufacturing facilities consolidation.

May 21: UPS's ( UPS - news - people ) airlines arm cuts 80 mechanics on slump in shipping volume.

May 19: Hewlett-Packard ( HPQ - news - people ) announces 17% decline in quarterly profit and reduces workforce by 2% (6,400 workers).

May 19: Medtronic ( MDT - news - people ) cuts executive pay by 5%, freezes salaries and slashes upwards of 1,800 jobs.

May 18: American Express ( AXP - news - people ) reduces global workforce by 6% (4,000 jobs) adding to a 7,000-employee cut announced last October.

May 15: Following review of operations announced in February, Nike ( NKE - news - people ) cuts 1,750 jobs (5% of total workforce).

May 15: Fruit of the Loom--a Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A - news - people ) subsidiary--pink-slips 80 in Alabama.

May 12: Applied Materials ( AMAT - news - people ) posts quarterly loss and increases previously announced job cuts by 300.

May 11: Dell ( DELL - news - people ) slashes 260 jobs in North Carolina and blames the economy.

May 7: Cummins ( CMI - news - people ) idles Indiana plant that supplies Chrysler and lays off 610 workers.

May 7: DuPont ( DD - news - people ) adds to December job cut of 2,500 with another 2,000-employee cut.

May 6: Wells Fargo ( WFC - news - people ) freezes pension plans and fires 548 in North Carolina.

May 5: Microsoft ( MSFT - news - people ) pink-slips a second 5,000 employees following its initial January layoff.

May 5: Allstate ( ALL - news - people ) closes claims office in Florida and lays off 66 employees.