110 jobs cut at GM-Spring Hill supplier

Chambers Williams reports on Spring Hill supplier job cuts on Tennessean.com:

Johnson Controls, Inc., said it will layoff 110 of the 410 workers today at its plant in Columbia, Tenn., that makes seats and interior consoles for the new Chevrolet Traverse, according to the United Auto Workers, which represents the facility’s hourly employees.

Centerstone cuts 34 jobs

From staff writer Getahn Ward:

Centerstone, the state’s largest provider of community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment services, has laid off 34 employees in its statewide operations as part of a restructuring.

“The economy, changing dynamics in the healthcare market and new contracts all played a part,” Bob Vero, CEO of Centerstone of Tennessee, said about reasons for the restructuring.

The cutbacks were across all divisions of the company, said Ramona Rhodes, a spokeswoman.
Nashville-based Centerstone has 1,058 employees statewide plus another 558 in Indiana.

State has lost 20,000 jobs

Tennessee got some new jobs in education, health care and government over the past year, but the gains were more than wiped out by losses in other sectors, the state reports.

Pros and cons of employee buyouts

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Nissan to reduce production, cut temps

As car sales continue to slump, Nissan Motor Co. says it will reduce production and cut 500 temporary workers. Nissan has a manufacturing plant in Smyrna and its North American headquarters in Franklin.

Clarksville factory heralds green future

About 1,000 workers will be employed to build Hemlock Semiconductor's polysilicon plant in Clarksville over the next three years. Better yet, it appears Tennessee has a foothold in a developing "green energy" economy because the company's product is used in producing solar energy. The company's CEO says the green push will help "retrain idle workers" for new careers.

AT&T to cut 22 workers

AT&T is expected to lay off at least 22 union employees in Middle Tennessee by this spring as part of plans to cut 12,000 jobs nationwide, a union official said Monday.