Jobs

From the Oregonian:
The creeping tide of job losses that began in February showed no sign of slackening — or accelerating — in July. Figures released Monday showed that Oregon lost another 3,600 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis and saw its unemployment rate jump a half percentage point to 6 percent.Three major industries — construction, […]

This one hits close to home - my dad worked for Hynix and this closure was not a surprise.From the Oregonian:
Oregon’s jittery economy took its biggest hit Wednesday with word that Hynix Semiconductor plans to shutter its 10-year-old memory chip plant in Eugene in the next two months, putting more than 1,100 employees and 300 […]

From the DJC:
Oregon is among the top 10 states hit hardest by construction job loss, according to a report released Wednesday by the national Associated General Contractors. Construction employment in Oregon has dropped 7.9 percent between May of 2007 and May of 2008, placing the state as the seventh hardest hit in the country, according […]

From the Portland Business Journal:
Oregon’s unemployment rate in March rose 0.3 percent to 5.7 percent.The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent in March from 4.8 percent in February.In March, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment declined 2,700, following a revised gain of 900 jobs in February.In March, several major industries recorded substantial seasonally adjusted […]

From KGW:
A manufactured housing factory in Silverton that employs 160 people is closing.Champion Enterprises told the city it would shut down the Redman Housing plant by May 23rd.The company’s letter said closing was –quote– “a business decision driven by significant housing and general economic market factors.”The plant has produced single-family houses and multifamily buildings, many […]

From the Oregonian:
Oregon’s economy has steamed along creating jobs since October, even as a national financial crisis slowed the gains to a trickle. Until February, that is.
A statewide report published Monday provided the first hard evidence that the floundering U.S. housing market is threatening to shift Oregon’s employment into reverse.
The state lost 1,400 jobs in […]

From the Mail Tribune:
Job losses in retail, construction, manufacturing and tourism shot Jackson County’s unemployment rate to 7.6 percent in January, the highest in three years.Employment Department figures showed payroll employment declined by 4,080 jobs in January, with about three-quarters of them lost because of seasonal cutbacks in the retail trade sector. Over the year, […]

237 people have been laid-off from a Eugene call center.
Semperian is a subsidiary of GMAC, the financing arm of auto maker General Motors announced the layoffs today.
Layoffs were a direct result of fewer people buying cars in the U.S.
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From the Oregonian:
Monthly state figures released Monday showed Oregon lost 5,900 construction jobs last month when a winter drop of 3,700 would have been normal. Seasonally adjusted construction employment stood at 98,500 jobs in January — the first month below 100,000 since March 2006.The national housing crisis appears to have caught up with Oregon, hitting […]

From OPB:
Oregon suffered more job losses than job gains in the second quarter of last year.About 105,000 jobs were lost last spring because of bankruptcies or business slowdowns. During the same time, about 101,000 jobs were gained — by growth and business start-ups.The loss, however, is the first since the tail end of the last […]