Friday, February 17, 2012

Sears Holdings, Inc. fires 100 employees at HQ

'CHICAGO (WLS) - Just two months after Illinois lawmakers passed a $150-million tax credit for the company, Sears Holdings, Inc. has announced that a hundred people are being fired at their Hoffman Estates headquarters.

When lawmakers approved the deal in December, it was understood then that Sears store closings were likely, but Governor Pat Quinn said then the deal was designed to keep the headquarters in Illinois and preserve those jobs.  He said then, "As far as the headquarters, where literally, thousands of people work, that was what the agreement was about and that was what we provided the incentive for.""


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