Waterbury Hospital laid off 83 employees in Connecticut. It’s blamed on Affordable Health Care Act. Sikorsky Aircraft laid off 200 people, mostly in Connecticut. Company officials blame the government and the bad economy: “…we face difficult challenges. U.S. and international government budgets are shrinking, our costs to compete are increasing, and many customers are delaying purchase decisions amid the economic uncertainty.”-Paul Jackson
Kansas based Butler National Corporation warned of jobs and wage cuts. The aerospace and service sector business reported its first economic loss since 2001.
Pepperidge Farm closed its bakery in Aiken, South Carolina. 115 people out-o-work! Production shifted to Florida.
In Florida, California based Pinkberry frozen yogurt closed its Citrus Park store. No official explanation why.
Cobb Electric Membership eliminating off as many as 110 jobs in Georgia! Officials basically said they believe the utility co-op is overstaffed.
Too Big to Jail, Bank of America, laying off even more employees. This time 20 people will lose their jobs in Belfast, Maine.
In New York, the Mecca of capitalist unAmerican corporate America, employees of Dow Jones Newswires (DJN), and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), were warned of massive layoffs. Evil British empire in U.S. clothing News Corporation is splitting up WSJ and DJN. España Spanish restaurant closed in Larchmont. The owner said “someone made an offer too good to pass up.”
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society laid off 22 employees. It’s blamed on a surprise drop in the 2013 Flower Show attendance, the lowest in more than a decade.
In Wisconsin, Thelma’s and the Guy’s Shop shut down after 40 years of operations. The owners said it’s time to retire. And the Jade Cafe closed. The owner blames the bad economy. He says he’s lost $100-thousand USD since last year! He couldn’t get the debt financing to continue: “In my heart, I knew probably three months ago, unless something changed dramatically, we were going to have to be closing, the finances weren’t what they needed to be for us to stay open.”-Ryan Niemeier
PNC Bank closed two offices in Ohio. It’s part of a country wide scheme by most Too Big to Jail banks to close down as many offices as possible.
What housing market recovery? In Illinois, after 118 years the Winfield Fuel & Material building supply store shut down. The owner said there’s no housing market recovery for him: “It just hurts. I can’t tell you how many days I’ve been in there and I’ve been in tears. It’s very traumatic to go through this.…It’s like the end of an era!”-Tom Saylor, had planned on leaving the business to his adult children
In Folsom, California, evil Verizon laid off 132 people! It’s part of Verizon’s country wide job cutting plan. The operator of the defunct San Onofre nuke plant, Southern California Edison, began laying off employees. 600 people were let go. Many hundreds more will eventually be laid off. After 85 years of business Glass & Gifts in Santa Cruz closed down. The latest owner said the bad economy is a sign for her to move on. In San Fransisco 20 years old Lakeside Cafe shut down. Reports say there was a dispute with the property owner. And France based Mozzarella Fresca in Tipton shut down. 144 people out-o-work! Production was shifted to a new $40 million factory in Nampa, Idaho.
No more Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Hawaii? Two KFCs closed in connection to the GGP owned Ala Moana Center. The franchise owner says he has to become more efficient by consolidating restaurants.