Layoffs
The Coronavirus Crisis Has Idled More Than 500 Freelancers at the Pac-12 Networks, a Federal Filing Shows
The freelancers remain on the active roster of the Pac-12 Conferences sports-media affiliate, with the goal of returning them to work when broadcast productions resume
The coronavirus crisis has brought a temporary halt to sports programming nationwide to the dismay of many sports enthusiasts. The pain of the programming halt extends to the Pac-12 Conference and its content-production unit, the Pac-12 Networks, which have implemented pay cuts of up to 20% for top executives as well as staff layoffs affecting…
Nearly 2,200 Jobs Have Been Lost at a Dozen Seattle-Area Companies, WARN Act Notices Filed in March Show
The federally mandated filings announcing the layoffs are only the tip of the iceberg in the job-loss devastation caused by the coronavirus crisis
The federally mandated filings announcing the layoffs are only the tip of the iceberg in the job-loss devastation caused by the coronavirus crisis
Seattle Times Cutting 42 Jobs as Part of Printing Plant Sale to Fund News Operations
The owners of the daily newspaper have been selling off properties in recent years to subsidize newsroom costs
In a sign of the continuing hard times for the daily newspaper industry as it struggles to compete in the still-burgeoning digital news era, the Seattle Times has filed a federal WARN Act notice indicating that it will be permanently laying off 42 workers at its North Creek printing plant in Bothell in March as…
Football Helmet-Maker Vicis Closes Its Doors, Federal Filing Indicates
The Seattle company had been struggling with cash-flow issues and was unable to attract the capital needed to remain viable, it says
The Seattle company had been struggling with cash-flow issues and was ‘unable to attract the capital needed’ to remain viable, it says
Retailer Macys Has Announced Hundreds of Job Cuts in Seattle This Year
The companys woes are not isolated to Seattle, however, as shifting consumer shopping habits are taking a bite out of its operations nationally
A total of 236 jobs will be lost as part of the pending closure of Macys landmark downtown department store slated for early next year, according notices the company filed this week with the state under the federal WARN Act. The retailers department store at Third Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle is scheduled…
Fruit-Packing Company Near Yakima Laying Off Nearly 200 in Wake of Acquisition by North Carolina Investment Firm
Washingtons tree-fruit industry is ripe for consolidation because of an oversupply of product and packing houses, industry observers say
Legacy Fruit Packers LLC in Wapato, Washington, just south of Yakima, is permanently laying off 199 workers in a move that is described as a closure, according to notifications filed with the state under the federal WARN Act. A North Carolina investment firm, International Farming Corp. (IFC), acquired Legacy Fruit Packers and two related companies…