Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
The British empire owner of Lipton Tea, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and many body care products, Unilever, has announced that the economy sucks so bad they’re going to layoff 2-thousand employees in 2014! They are also drastically cutting back on production. Company officials blame the economy and themselves: “The global economy has calibrated down about 1-1.5% and we probably should’ve done a better job seeing it coming!”-Paul Polman, CEO
Alabama: The Alabama Pain Center laid off 80 employees.
California: In Los Angeles, the House of Props shutdown after 65 years in the movie business. Investor’s Business Daily laid off another six employees. In Temecula, The Outdoor Channel laid off five employees.
Indiana: Too Big to Jail First Merchants Bank laid off at least 84 employees state wide.
Maine: Taxsucker Bath Iron Works laid off another 118 employees. It’s blamed on reduced military spending. They laid off 39 employees in November.
Minnesota: State University Moorhead laid off six people, and cut five majors. More layoffs are expected. It’s blamed on decreasing revenues.
Montana: After nearly 50 years O-Toole’s Bar shutdown: “The economy just doesn’t support the bar anymore.”-Rose Wiseman, owner
New York: NYC based legal drugs pusher, Pfizer, laid off 150 people in Ireland. The company will shutdown their Irish factory in 2015.
North Carolina: Xerox continues layoffs, this time 168 call center jobs killed in Cary! In Blakeney, Encore Bistro shutdown, no reason given.
Pennsylvania: In Lehigh County, Avantor laid off “fewer than 20 employees”. It’s blamed on the bad economy. In Pittsburgh, Doug’s Market shutdown.
South Carolina: In Columbia, Taboo Adult Superstore finally shutdown after losing its business license.
Texas: In Spring, British empire owned (Cadbury Schweppes) Dr Pepper Snapple bottling plant shutdown, 112 jobs lost!
Virginia: In Winchester, TV3 shutdown. Employees said they were given no warning. The owner, Gray Television, basically said it wasn’t worth it anymore.
West Virginia: 80 employees of Consol Energy were let go. The company sold off five of its coal mines.
05 December 2013: Walgreens kills 175 jobs!
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013