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USA Layoffs Announced

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
July 6, 2010
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Primary shuttle contractor sees layoffs by Oct. 1, Houston Chronicle
“The Houston-based company employs approximately 8,100 employees at its Florida, Texas and Alabama sites, including nearly 3,000 in the Houston area. The cuts will reduce as many as 400 positions from the Houston office.”
United Space Alliance Announces Sweeping Layoffs, WESH
“The Houston-based company said in a news release that 800 to 1000 jobs could be lost in Florida.”
USA to lay off up to 1,000 Florida shuttle workers, Orlando Sentinel
“USA said it employs approximately 8,100 employees at its Florida, Texas and Alabama sites. The layoffs will hit about 800-1000 employees in Florida, about 300-400 employees in Texas and about 10 in Alabama, the company said.”
United Space Alliance to reduce workforce by 15%; about 10 jobs in Huntsville, Huntsville Times
“Our workforce has known for several years that the space shuttle program has been scheduled to end, but layoffs are always difficult for everyone involved,” said company President/CEO Virginia Barnes. “The accomplishments of this team are unmatched in human spaceflight. We acknowledge the tremendous talent and commitment of our teammates and congratulate them on their achievements.”
Nasa space shuttle firm to cut 1,000 jobs, BBC
“People being laid off now is just the beginning. Many more thousands will be laid of as the shuttle programme is wound down,” Keith Cowing, the editor of space specialist website Nasa Watch, told the BBC World Service.”

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