Layoffs

The major cuts weren't made this year because the district used reserve money to balance the budget.

This weekend Wall Street Journal reported that Deere & Company posted a strong earnings on the announcement that they will be cutting tractor and combine production after the fourth year of falling sales. By Monday afternoon word of the layoffs at two Iowa manufacturing plants surprised investors mere days after the reported profit .145...

Since the economy took a nose dive starting in late 2007 employers have been heaping more work on less people and their internal PR departments have gotten more and more clever in their efforts to put a positive spin on what their really doing...