Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.
Major automobile service company AAA shutdown ten offices across four U.S. states (Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin)! Company officials said that because of the bad economy they could no longer justify maintaining those ten offices!
What automotive industry recovery? L&M Radiator shutting down operations in Iowa and New Mexico! Company officials blame the bad economy saying “…..in November 2012 our sales started to drop off…”
A day after Argenta Market blamed Walmart/Sam’s Club for their demise, Walmart announced they will kill 2300 Sam’s Club jobs in 2014! About 1150 of those job cuts will be salaried managers!
Major law firm Bingham McCutchen laid off 31 employees.
California: Tax sucker Boeing laid off 32 more employees across the Golden State. In Lancaster, Starwood Hotels shutdown their call center, more than 300 jobs lost! In Irvine, Baxter Healthcare laid off 74 employees. In Hayward, Solta Medical device maker laid off 115 people! Last year Solta Medical killed 40 jobs and shutdown a factory in Colorado. In Valencia, international job outsourcer Arvato Bertelsmann laid off 174 Golden State employees!
Illinois: Accretive Health killing 170 healthcare jobs! In Moline, reports that the Bon Air Tavern closed down.
Indiana: Medical equipment maker Hill-Rom killing 350 jobs! Company officials blame the bad economy in Europe Union and United States.
Maine: In East Millinocket, GNP halted production at its paper mill, 256 jobs affected! Company officials blame skyrocketing costs and crashing sales.
Missouri: In Florissant, Barnes & Noble bookstore shutdown. It’s part of the company’s plan to close 15 to 20 stores per year for the next ten years!
Montana: In Butte, the Copper King Hotel and Convention Center shutdown, 50 jobs lost. The owner was trying to sell the operation for at least the past year, but nobody is interested in buying.
Ohio: Electronics repair operation CP Redi shutdown, 80 jobs lost. Company officials blame the suck ass economy: “For several years, we have struggled, and even with cutbacks and layoffs, we now find it necessary to close the business.”-company statement
Oregon: In Medford, Togo’s Great Sandwiches shutdown.
Pennsylvania: Kmart shutting down two massive Philadelphia stores, 409 jobs lost!
23 January 2014: Obama regime directly kills 300 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