Full Coverage: Downsizing & Layoffs

Citigroup to Cut About 1,000 Jobs Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri, Feb 11, 2005
Citigroup Expected to Cut 1,000 Jobs AP via Yahoo! News - Fri, Feb 11, 2005
Krispy Kreme Cutting 125 Workers AP via Yahoo! News - Wed, Feb 09, 2005
Lockheed to Cut Jobs if Bush Budget OK'd Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon, Feb 07, 2005
Telegraph newspapers axe 90 jobs at BBC - Fri, Feb 04, 2005

When a Plant Closes, Job Agency Steps In at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Mon, Jan 24, 2005
For Detroit, layoffs are just a start at Detroit Free Press - Thu, Jan 13, 2005
Shaking the Out-of-Work Blues at Fortune - Tue, Apr 13, 2004
The Politics Of Outsourcing at Forbes - Wed, Feb 18, 2004
A Bittersweet End For N.Y. Sugar Plant at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Thu, Jan 29, 2004
Laid-Off Workers Have to Settle for Less at ABCNEWS.com - Fri, Jan 09, 2004

Help all laid-off workers at Des Moines Register - Tue, May 18, 2004
My pink slip had a silver lining at Christian Science Monitor - Wed, Mar 10, 2004
Help the Jobless at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Mon, Dec 08, 2003
Companies repeat mistake of cutting investment in workers at USATODAY.com - Tue, Nov 04, 2003
Underemployed: a euphemism for violent lifestyle change at Christian Science Monitor - Tue, Sep 30, 2003
Truth on Tour at Mother Jones - Mon, Sep 22, 2003

Layoff, Retraining and Reemployment - site has information for individuals affected by layoffs, and for employers that layoff employees. Alternately, a toll-free line, 1-877-US-2JOBS, is available for those affected. From the U.S. Department of Labor.
CareerOneStop - information on job opportunities and employment assistance services in your community. Sponsored by the Department of Labor.
Mass Layoff Statistics - from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployment State-by-State - statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, via CNN/Money.
Best Practices in Downsizing - federally sponsored report on the history of the practice, and how it it can be best implemented if necessary.
Downsizing - senior thesis tracing the origins of the corporate practice also known as rightsizing, or restructuring. Written by Jonathan Lurie.