Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
As a result of the merger with OfficeMax, 400 Office Depot stores will be shutdown across the United States!
Taxsucker Northrop Grumman lost a big Navy bombing range contract, 57 jobs lost.
California: In Irvine, cell phone service provider Verizon shutting down in June, 152 jobs lost! In Corona, Ireland based legal drugs pusher Actavis laying off two employees in July. In Menlo Park, software company Intuit laying off seven employees in July. In Fullerton, Illinois based credit info service TransUnion shutting down in July, 106 jobs lost! What automotive industry recovery? In San Jose, car dealer Courtesy Chevrolet shutting down in July, 100 jobs lost! In Los Angeles, Trinity Sports shutting down in July, 135 jobs lost! In Fort Irwin, taxsucker Northrop Grumman notified state officials that 899 employees will be let go in July! Golden State Employment Development Department officials report that Northrop Grumman gave no reason for the massive layoff!
Hawaii: God can’t stop Obama Care from killing 110 home healthcare jobs with Saint Francis Healthcare System! The hospital system will also shutdown their hospice operation in Oahu.
Illinois: In Bolingbrook, meat processor Quantum Foods lost a major contract. Company officials told 1100 employees not to come to work! The company has been losing revenue since 2012. Accretive Health warned that “restructuring” could kill 170 jobs! It was revealed that Passages Hospice was forced to shutdown in February, 88 healthcare jobs lost. The owner was charged with frauding Medicare/Medicaid. Plastic container maker Graham Packaging warned it will kill 170 jobs starting at the end of the month. The company is consolidating operations. The Chicago Tribune reports they’ve obtained a memo from OfficeMax-Office Depot which states that 1600 Prairie State residents will become unemployed as a result of the recent merger! Chicago based Jet Magazine announced it will cease paper publications, unknown how many jobs will be affected.
Kansas: Too Big to Jail Bank of America selling off 11 branch offices.
Michigan: After first announcing (in March) they would not privatize their school bus system, Battle Creek Public Schools privatized their school bus system! 41 jobs affected. The once Detroit based (now based in Chicago since January) civil engineering firm Lakeshore TolTest now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.
Minnesota: Plymouth based fertilizer maker Mosaic killing 500 jobs across the United States! It’s blamed on a 43% drop in earnings for their 1st quarter 2014! Grocery store operator Roundy’s sold off 18 Rainbow grocery stores, 1-thousand jobs affected! At this point the new owners say they will continue operating the stores, but the names might change.
New York: In Rochester, Eastman Kodak continues its slow burn layoffs, announcing that five more employees will be laid off in July. In Long Beach, Long Beach Memorial Nursing Home being shutdown and sold off, 372 jobs lost by the end of July! Buffalo based Center for Transportation Excellence says the loss of a state Medicaid transportation contract will result in 40 people becoming unemployed. In Long Island, warehouse operator Gwynnie Bee shutting down in July, 96 jobs lost. In Norwich, First Transit laying off 31 employees in August. Company officials blame the bad economy. In NYC, National 42nd St. Realty/LIR Management shutting down their TGI Friday’s Restaurant, Tim Horton’s/KFC Food Court restaurants in August, at least 130 jobs lost! Company officials blame the bad economy.
North Carolina: In High Point, furniture maker Steelcase shutting down their factory and over the next two years is moving 230 jobs to Mexico!
Ohio: In Cleveland, Champlain Enterprises shutting down their aircraft Maintenance Hanger in July, 177 jobs lost! After only two years in operations, Believe to Achieve Academy shutting down two schools in June, 63 jobs lost. Tax collector IRS shutting down their West Chester office on 15 May, 23 jobs affected.
South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, family owned home decor store John Adam Collection shutdown.
Tennessee: The TVA killing 1750 jobs! It’s being done through the elimination of 1-thousand vacant positions and forced early retirements. It’s the biggest layoff in 20 years by the federal government utility provider.
03 – 05 May 2014: “They’re going to miss us when we’re gone.”
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