Minnesota Layoffs: Pentair | Colliers Turley Martin Tucker | Navarre | Select Comfort | Tennant | Graco

Here is a list of announced layoffs by Minnesota companies from December 15 - 18, 2008 . Not all layoffs are in Minneapolis, St. Paul or greater Minnesota:

Pentair | 1,600 | 10%

• Pentair cutting 1,600 jobs (Business Journal)
• Pentair cuts forecast; to shed 1,600 jobs – Update (RTTNEWS)
• Pentair cuts forecast, plans to cut workforce (MarketWatch)

Colliers Turley Martin Tucker | 11 | 10%

• Colliers cuts 10 percent of local workforce (Business Journal)
• Colliers cuts 10 percent of Twin Cities workforce (Finance and Commerce)

Navarre |10-20

• New Hope multimedia publisher to cut 10 to 20 jobs (Finance and Commerce)

Select Comfort | 120 | 22%

• Select Comfort cuts 22 percent of headquarters employees (Business Journal)
• Select Comfort employees won't be sleeping easy this month (MinnPost.com)
• Select Comfort Cuts 120 Jobs; Suspends SAP Implementation - Update (RTTNews)

Tennant | 240 | 8%

• Tennant cuts 8 percent of workforce (Business Journal)
• UPDATE 1-Tennant sees Q4 loss; to cut 8 pct jobs (Reuters UK)
• Tennant to cut 240 jobs, 8 percent of workers (CNNMoney.com)

Graco | 150 | 6%

• Graco to lay off 150 (Business Journal)
• Graco To Cut 6% Workforce – Update (RTTNews)