EAST CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton is expected to announce a massive layoff of city workers, including police and fire/EMS, at Tuesday night’s East Cleveland City Council meeting. 44% of police, 31% of firefighters and 44% of city service workers received layoff notices Tuesday. Mayor Norton will provide additional details during his public […]

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AKRON, OH (WOIO) – President Obama’s Jobs Bill was shot down by Senate Republicans Tuesday. The bill failed to get the 60 votes it needed even with 53 Democratic seats in the Senate the bill needed Republican support, which just didn’t happen. Republicans say the bill is more like a stimulus plan, that’s going to […]

BROOK PARK, OH (WOIO) – Major economic news for Brook Park’s Ford plant. 19 Action News has learned 600 new jobs are coming to Brook Park’s Engine Plant #1. The automaker is installing a new engine assembly line. It’s a $278M investment. Brook Park will get 300 jobs with a new assembly line, and another […]

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) announced today that the state will receive more than $12 million in federal grants for job training and employment initiatives designed to help get more Ohioans back to work. One of the grants – for nearly $3 million – will target adults and […]

The UAW and Ford have reached tentative agreement will create or retain 12,000 jobs in the U.S. — 5,750 are new – and offer most workers a $6,000 signing bonus, $1,000 more than GM workers recently got in their new deal. · Ford commits to add 12,000 hourly jobs in its U.S. manufacturing facilities by […]

Kohl’s Department Stores announced it anticipates hiring more than 40,000 associates nationwide this holiday season, up approximately five percent from last year due to store growth in 2011. Kohl’s is bringing on additional associates to provide shoppers with excellent customer service throughout the holiday season. Consistent with 2010 hiring levels, Kohl’s anticipates hiring an average of […]

(WOIO) – Looks like Delonte West has landed a new job while the NBA lockout drags on. According to CBSsports.com, the former Cavs store is working at Regency Furniture Showrooms in Washington, DC. West tweeted his job application to his followers on Wednesday. In which, West stated he was ready to start working “yesterday” and discovered the company […]

WASHINGTON — Postal workers and their supporters plan to rally in congressional districts across the country Tuesday afternoon, hoping to convince their representatives that cuts being considered to the U.S. Postal Service’s system and workforce are unnecessary and counterproductive. So far, their argument has been drowned out amidst grave declarations of a financial crisis at […]

NEW YORK (CNN) – Macy’s plans to fill 78,000 temporary positions – an early Christmas gift for job seekers. The retailer says it needs the new employees to staff Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s stores, call centers, distribution centers and warehouses for the holiday season. In total, the company is planning to hire 4 percent more workers […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Metro has announced plans to cut hundreds of jobs in an effort to bolster their bottom line. A total of 450 jobs will be cut. 150 of those are already vacant and won’t be filled, which means 300 people currently employed at Metro will soon be without a job. Metro brass Mark Moran says he wants […]

President Barack Obama touted his jobs bill and took questions on the economy in Silicon Valley Monday at a town hall run by LinkedIn, the professional networking website that some job-seekers flock to. It was the president’s latest outreach to voters via a major social networking company. In April, Obama held a town hall targeted […]