There are 10 article(s) tagged layoffs:

• November 2024

  • FedEx lays off hundreds across three cities, including Memphis

    The cuts this week are likely the result of the company’s massive work to merge its Express, Ground and FedEx Services divisions.

    By Jane Roberts November 14, 2024

• September 2023

  • Latest FedEx layoffs affect ‘small percentage of IT and finance positions’

    FedEx has been battling market softness in the face of rising inflation. 

    By Rob Moore September 14, 2023

• October 2022

  • DA fires nine employees, announces six new hires

    District Attorney General Steve Mulroy campaigned on diversifying the office. Four of the six new hires are Black.

    By Julia Baker October 14, 2022

• April 2021

  • Memphis delegation takes UTHSC to task for 70 layoffs

    Eight of the 19 members sign letter asking for workers to be reinstated.

    By Jane Roberts April 15, 2021

• March 2021

  • UTHSC lays off 70 in downturn; 59 are maintenance workers

    University posts 17 new jobs but for less pay, according to one of the laid-off workers.

    By Jane Roberts March 12, 2021

• January 2021

  • Cummins to close Memphis plant

    A Cummins manufacturing plant that rebuilds turbochargers in Memphis will close, eliminating 300 jobs.

    By Tom Bailey January 23, 2021

• October 2020

  • U of M begins staff cuts to stem $50 million in losses

    The university is suffering from more than $50 million in losses from the spring and fall semesters.

    By Jane Roberts October 08, 2020

• May 2020

  • Some Graceland workers have left the building

    Graceland Holdings managing partner Joel Weinshanker said the tourist attraction has permanently laid off less than 20 people whose jobs couldn't be justified during lean times for tourism.

    By Wayne Risher May 22, 2020

• April 2020

  • Tennessee reports surge in jobless claims in Memphis area

    The two-week toll in unemployment claims in Greater Memphis counties in Tennessee came to 16,903 when state officials reported regional numbers Thursday, April 2.

    By Wayne Risher April 02, 2020

• July 2019

  • Automation technology in WMC-TV newscasts should be ‘seamless’ for viewers

    Six months after becoming part of Gray Television, WMC-TV has added more automation technology to its newscasts, displacing an undisclosed number of employees.

    By Wayne Risher July 08, 2019