And if the consolidation plan were to involve large-scale layoffs, it could also lose the support of steel workers' unions.

But since these combinations also usually involve huge layoffs, these benefits do not come cheaply.

It could not be determined yesterday if the merger would involve sizable layoffs.

No details were provided about the source of those savings or whether they would involve layoffs.

Two agencies are making changes that involve layoffs.

His first responsibility was to oversee a restructuring plan that had been approved by the previous leadership, involving several layoffs.

The reorganization will not involve layoffs, according to several people familiar with it.

An undisclosed but substantial number of the job cuts will involve layoffs.

Such reforms will have a high cost, since they will involve layoffs, bankruptcies and higher prices.

It had a loss as a result of a restructuring that involved layoffs and office closings.