Ozarks Medical Center in Missouri eliminates 44 positions, reduces pay and work hours. Hospital officials blame it on the bad economy, federal sequestration, and the Affordable Health Care Act which will cut $3.3 million USD from the hospital’s revenues on January 2014. The Obama administration continues to adamantly deny that the Affordable Health Care Act is impacting jobs! And after 31 years, Papa Lew’s Soul Delicious restaurant shut down in Kansas City. The owner/operators said they needed to retire from the 15 hour a day job.
In Indiana, Massachusetts based medical products for women maker, Hologic, shut down. 141 people laid off! This is the second Hologic factory to shut down since August last year.
In Pennsylvania, Ellwood City Hospital closing their obstetrics unit. It’s blamed on decreasing births. What automotive industry recovery? BMW of North America laid off 95 employees in Easton.
The Sierra View District Hospital laid off 49 employees in California. Hospital officials blame the bad economy and the Affordable Health Care Act. Weiland Brewery shut down in Los Angeles. The owners have to move to make way for a new public rail system. YP Western Holdings laid off six people in Anaheim. Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel closed in San Fransisco, 90 people unemployed. Hillsides Education Center shut down in Pasadena. 82 people out-o-work. The Barstow Community College laid off five people. The college also serves U.S. Army personnel at Fort Irwin, and that office has apparently been reduced to a one person operation. Administrators said there just wasn’t the work load to justify the positions, but employees claimed “We’re at a skeleton crew right now!” However, one administrator gave an ominous warning no thanks to state and federal funding changes: “There are many new changes to community colleges coming down the pipeline.”-Bill Studt, Interim President
In Nashville, Tennessee, Virginia based MAXIMUS Human Services shut down. 57 employees unemployed. The company specializes in privatizing government Medicaid/Medicare health services. Wilson’s Sporting Goods laid off 20 employees in Sparta.
Florida based Sykes Enterprises laid off 65 call center employees in New York. Company officials decided to end their “client account operations”. Petri Baking Products shut down in Silver Creek. 143 people out-o-work! SuperMedia closed in Albany, 37 people unemployed.
Florida based Avantair executive air service now bankrupt. They don’t even have enough money to give their employees their final paychecks (that happened to me with my last real job, thank you Metro Couriers, and Idaho Department of Labor who seized all the company’s bank accounts!)! The company is also dealing with legal problems connected to it’s lease of highly expensive Piaggio executive aircraft.
For the third time in three months, insurance company Allstate laid off employees at its massive Roanoke County, Virginia, operations. Local news reports say once again company officials did not disclose how many people lost their jobs. An undisclosed amount of employees were also laid off in May and April. On 21 June it was reported that Allstate shut down a call center in Illinois.
Another video game maker lays off a “small” amount of employees. Kabam VP, Steve Swasey, said they are focusing on mobile gaming “…so we had to say goodbye to some folks.”
In Washington, Kate’s Jersey Subs closed. The owner retired to help her husband’s construction business.
El Charro restaurant in Tyler, Texas, shut down. No reason given, but for several months another El Charro in Tyler has been closed, with a sign that said it was for remodeling. But, when local news media contacted the owners, the owners said no remodeling was taking place, the shut down was permanent. Maker of a variety of metal packaging, Bway Corporation, ended operations in Dallas. 69 people laid off.
C&D Technologies laid off 90 people in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In Marquette Township, Michigan, American furniture and appliance store closed after 30 years of business. 40 people out-o-work. Company officials decided to sell the property.
After 25 years, the Book Nook in Dalton, Georgia, shut down: “It’s too hard to compete with the Internet. People can get most of their books on their Nooks and Kindles. Business has just been slow for used book stores. The economy in this area has been tough.”-Ethan Adams, unofficial manager
In Hampden, Maryland, Village Flower Mart closed after 45 years in business. The owner sold the property.