That number would be within that division across the United States it did not give site-specific information.Ī package given to dropped employees in the Semiconductor Research and Development segment, which includes people in Dutchess County, covered 165 people. The document showed 113 people slated to lose their jobs. The Poughkeepsie Journal received a document issued by IBM to an affected worker that confirmed a major downsizing in the microelectronics area. 'These specialized teams will work with each worker to help connect them with job openings in the Hudson Valley region and many more throughout the state,' he said. Rivera said in a statement that he directed a rapid-response re-employment team to help all of the workers find new jobs as quickly as possible. There was no such letter from IBM on file in the state's online database. IBM spokesman Douglas Shelton issued a statement that neither confirmed nor denied the downsizing, but spoke of a 'workforce remix.'Ĭompanies with more than 50 employees must warn New York state 90 days in advance if they are laying off 33 percent of their workforce or 250 workers from a single site. Tom Midgley, president of who works for IBM in Dutchess County, said Wednesday afternoon that details of the downsizing were still coming in, but he was sure of two things: 'It's big, and it's agonizing for employees to go through this.' The labor organization was compiling individual reports of layoffs in New York as well as Vermont, Massachusetts and North Carolina, including two posts from workers saying they worked in Somers.Ī number of workers told The Poughkeepsie Journal that they or people they know had been dismissed. It appears to be the largest downsizing at IBM in Dutchess County in years. What is certain is that too many families will have been given devastating news today.' Molinaro said the news 'is further indication that the national and state economy remains uncertain. While the total number of jobs cut in Westchester was not immediately known, a staffer in the Somers office who got a layoff notice said she saw 83 eliminations in the marketing and communications departments.ĭutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said the company cut 697 jobs there - 328 in Poughkeepsie and 369 in East Fishkill. Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM slashed jobs across the country Wednesday, including more than 700 in Westchester and Dutchess counties. Poughkeepsie Journal A.M.Watch Video: IBM layoffs will impact hundreds.Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle News (1880–1914)ġ960: Poughkeepsie New Yorker returns to the 'Journal' name to commemorate the paper's 175th anniversary.Poughkeepsie Eagle Weekly & Sunday Courier (1872–76)ġ880: Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle merges with The Poughkeepsie News.Poughkeepsie Journal & Eagle (1844–1850).Poughkeepsie Journal and Country Journal (1785–95, summarized version sent to outlying areas)ġ840: Poughkeepsie Journal merges with Poughkeepsie Eagle.The evolution of the names of the paper is as follows. Though the Journal has been published for over 220 years, it has not published under the Journal nameplate for the whole of its existence. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Journal 's main office is a fieldstone Colonial Revival building on Civic Center Plaza, the north end of Market Street in downtown Poughkeepsie.

In the book My Side of the Mountain, the Journal was mentioned under its name at the time, the Poughkeepsie New Yorker. Roosevelt administration when the President was at his estate in nearby Hyde Park. The paper also served as a launching point of stories during the Franklin D. For example, in 1788, the editor of the Journal was the official reporter of the ratification of the United States Constitution by New York in that year (the event itself occurring in Poughkeepsie, which was the state capital at the time). Throughout its existence, the Journal has been a paper of historical significance given the various events in the Poughkeepsie area. The Journal's primary coverage area is Dutchess County, though the entire Mid-Hudson Valley is covered in some form, along with some coverage of points south via the White Plains–based Journal News. Founded in 1785 (though not a daily newspaper until 1860), the Journal is the oldest paper in New York state, and is the second-oldest in the nation. The Poughkeepsie Journal is a newspaper based in Poughkeepsie, New York, and owned by Gannett, which bought the paper in 1977. Historic headquarters in downtown Poughkeepsie

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