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Saguenay Declaration | Québec solidaire lays the foundations of its simplified “new program”
(Quebec) With a “complex and sometimes difficult to understand” political offer, Québec solidaire (QS) is preparing to prune and soften its program. Gathered in a national council from May 24…
Tesla | Elon Musk cuts two services and lays off at least 500 employees
(New York) Billionaire Elon Musk has closed two departments of the car manufacturer Tesla, dismissing their two managers with immediate effect and announcing the dismissal of their employees, i.e. at…
Tesla lays off nearly 14,000 people worldwide
Sales are declining, the stock has lost almost a third of its value, and the electric car manufacturer is suffering the full brunt of competition. Elon Musk, CEO of the…
Apple lays off more than 600 people in California
Apple will lay off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first major wave of job cuts after the pandemic, amid consolidation in the technology industry. The iPhone…
Apple lays off more than 600 people in California
Apple will lay off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company’s first major wave of job cuts after the pandemic, amid consolidation in the technology industry. Posted at…
Electric sports vehicle manufacturer Taiga lays off 70 employees
Off-road electric vehicle manufacturer Taiga today announced the layoff of 70 employees, in addition to temporarily halting production of its vehicles. The Quebec company, which sells snowmobiles and electric watercraft,…
New workforce reduction | Lion lays off 100 people to reduce costs
Lion Électrique is carrying out another workforce reduction by laying off 100 employees at its Saint-Jérôme factory, in the Laurentians. The manufacturer of electric buses and trucks, which is trying…
Dating app Bumble lays off a third of its workforce
(San Francisco) Bumble, one of the world’s most widely used dating apps, will cut about 350 jobs this year, following many other technology companies seeking to cut costs. Posted at…
The Montréal International agency lays off 19% of its employees
(Montreal) The ax falls at Montréal International, which lays off nearly 19% of its workforce, while the organization loses certain mandates from Quebec and the federal government and its budget…
Music magazine Pitchfork merges with GQ and lays off
(New York) The American online magazine Pitchfork, initially specializing in independent music to become one of the reference media on the music industry, will merge with the men’s magazine GQdecided…
Google lays off hundreds of employees from its ad sales department
(San Francisco) Google on Tuesday confirmed the layoffs of several hundred people within its global ad sales team, as a growing number of administrative and creative tasks are automated using…
FLO lays off 8% of its workforce in the run-up to Christmas: “This decision was certainly not easy to make”
Nine months after receiving a $6 million grant from Quebec, the Quebec charging network operator and terminal manufacturer FLO is temporarily laying off 8% of its workforce in Shawinigan, confirmed…
Laurentian Bank lays off 55 employees and prepares a new plan
At a time when it is promising to repair bridges with its customers burned by the computer outage in September, the Laurentian Bank is laying off 2% of its employees.…
CGI lays off 55 employees in Montreal
(Montreal) After Quebec City, it is the turn of CGI’s Montreal offices to experience layoffs. The IT consulting firm has laid off 55 people as the tech job market cools.…
Desjardins lays off 27 people in Quebec and Sherbrooke, Manulife 40 in Montreal
(Montreal) Quebec did not escape the difficulties of the Canadian banking sector in November. The ax fell a third time at Mouvement Desjardins while Manulife also laid off employees. Updated…
Pfizer lays off between 60 and 70 employees in Quebec: “It is not easy to see our colleagues leave”
Pfizer will lay off between 60 and 70 workers in Quebec by the end of next month to realign “company-wide costs in order to operate more efficiently,” it has learned.…
Lion Électrique lays off 10% of its employees
The Quebec manufacturer of electric buses and trucks Lion Électrique is laying off 150 employees, or approximately 10% of its workforce, in order to “reduce its cost structure and improve…
Strikes in education | Montreal lays off all its crossing guards
The approximately 550 crossing guards who help children every day through the streets near schools have been laid off by the City of Montreal due to strikes in the education…
Vice Media lays off again, feminist site Jezebel closes
(New York) The information group Vice Media, bankrupt since May, will lay off dozens more people, a union announced, and the feminist site Jezebel will close, according to its management,…
Desjardins lays off nearly 400 employees
Desjardins Group laid off nearly 400 employees last week in a difficult context for the job market in the banking industry. The financial cooperative confirmed the news first reported by…