Some blamed the economic pressures of widespread layoffs in the aerospace industry.

Auto workers who want to work hard but instead face widespread layoffs are entitled to feel offended.

What often forces them are widespread layoffs and rising unemployment.

The more likely response, many economists say, will be widespread layoffs.

Once on the ground, there are fewer employees to tidy up, thanks to widespread layoffs.

They have been told to expect widespread layoffs if the budget problems persist.

Last month, after a year and a half of widespread layoffs, it remained at just 5.7 percent.

That could lead to widespread layoffs in an industry that has been among the state's most robust.

There are no widespread layoffs in the mayor's plan to balance the budget for the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1.

"We haven't seen any kind of widespread layoffs," she said.