Goddard Produce shuts down amid rumors of a lost multimillion-dollar contract to supply fruits and vegetables to Central Florida schools.
Tag: layoffs
Posted inBusiness
GEICO Slashes 2,000 Jobs, Including at Least 22 in Lakeland
Lakeland employee who worked for GEICO for 26 years says she and colleagues never saw it coming.
Posted inBusiness
Peleton Closes Lakeland Warehouse/Service Facility, Laying Off 58
Peleton Interactive, a manufacturer of high-end stationary exercise bicycles, is closing its facility at 5725 New Tampa Highway, resulting in the layoffs of 58 warehouse associates, technicians and field specialists. The closing, which takes effect immediately, is part of a company restructuring that includes 2,800 job cuts worldwide, the Business Observer reports. Source: Business Observer
Posted inCity Hall
26 Layoffs Expected As Lakeland Electric Completes Plant Shutdown
At the end of the five-month transition period after Lakeland Electric’s coal-driven McIntosh 3 power plant was taken offline, 26 employees are slated to be laid off Sept. 4, The Ledger reports. Initially, 60 were told they would be laid off when the utility announced it would shut the plant earlier than the previous 2024 […]
Posted inHealth, Social Services
Local Agencies Respond to Pandemic Demands Amid Funding Drops
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit social service agencies in Polk County with a big challenge: At a time when demand for their services is way up, they’re seeing major drops in donations.
Posted inActivism, Business
Ledger Reporters Protest Staff Cuts
A handful of newsroom staffers at The Ledger staged a brief demonstration today in front of the newspaper’s downtown office, urging the public’s support in the face of recent and anticipated cuts by the paper’s corporate owner, GateHouse Media.