Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: In San Diego, The Active Network warned it will layoff 47 people in November. In Sunnyvale, subsidiary of taxsucking Boeing, Narus, warned it will kill 17 jobs in November.
Colorado: In Wheat Ridge, after 26 years Gold’s Corner Grocery store shutdown.
Connecticut: In Bridgeport, British empire Scotland (RBS) owned Too Big to Jail Citizens Financial Group killing 126 jobs by the end of October! Operator of homes for mentally and physically disabled people, REM Connecticut, announced they’re shutting down 32 homes by Xmas 2014, 340 jobs lost! The pissed-off administrators directly blamed secret rule changes in Obama Care: “We have recently learned of several changes that negatively impact our level of reimbursement and as a result we’ve made the tough decision that we can no longer continue to provide the level of service that we believe is in the best interest of our clients.”-Paul Catalodo, executive director
Florida: In Miami-Dade County, Too Big to Jail JPMorgan Chase Bank shutting down an office. Bank administrators say they must consolidate operations. In Tampa, One Call Care Management announced they are shutting down their call center between October 2014 and summer of 2015, at least 99 jobs lost. Wounded Warriors considering moving its HQ to a new county, meaning at least 500 jobs will be lost in Duval County! Rival Saint Johns County is offering the greedy supposedly non-profit veterans organization a huge taxpayer funded grant (half a million U.S. dollars!) to leave Duval County.
Indiana: Electronics company Samtec announced they are consolidating operations, no indication how many people will become unemployed.
Iowa: After 83 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Camp Fire Camp Hitaga shutdown, destitute and broke. It’s blamed on raptured (disappearing) campers; at one time the camp had 200 campers per week, but in the past two years the camp was lucky to see 150 campers for the entire summer!
Kansas: Elitist Homestead Country Club now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, in an attempt to stop foreclosure.
Mississippi: The state Department of Education laid off 30 employees without notice, including the boss of the Office of School Improvement. Mississippi DoE spokewoman Patrice Guilfoyle said “This is the first phase, there could potentially be additional phases.”
New Mexico: In Clovis, after 46 years family owned grocery store Stansell’s Thriftway shutdown.
Ohio: Drugs maker Ricerca Biosciences is up for sale and if nobody buys, then at least 200 people will become unemployed! Job culling will begin in October, it’s blamed on crashing sales.
Oklahoma: In Tulsa, after 11 years LaDonna’s Fancy Foods store shutdown.
Pennsylvania: In Hazleton, Archer Daniels Midland killed 90 chocolate maker jobs after being taken over by evil food processor Cargill. Local news reports say the remaining 118 Umpa Lumpas are in limbo as Cargill has made no announcement about what they’re going to do with their newly acquired chocolate factory. Cargill administrators say they are in the middle of a $440-million deal involving taking over food factories around the World. Their plan is to consolidate operations, which means massive layoffs, possibly in the thousands.
South Carolina: In Columbia, hope is lost for the Harvest Hope Food Bank. They have to layoff ten employees, and reduce hours for the other 78. The operators of the po-folks food non-profit claim it’s not because of decreased donations, rather demand for food has skyrocketed, and they had some equipment breakdown which must be repaired.
Texas: What housing market recovery? In Dallas, Riverstone Residential Group announced they will kill 101 jobs by the end of October! It’s blamed on the loss of an apartment management contract. Temple based maker of kitchen cabinets and countertops Wilsonart Laminates laid off 43 employees, without notice: “On my way leaving, they stopped me, and told me that we needed to have a meeting, and they terminated me when we had the meeting.”-unnamed employee interviewed by local TV news
Employees were told about their unemployment as they were leaving work. Local news reports said the gut-less company administrators actually called in police for protection on the day they fired their workers! The company is restructuring their operations to meet crashing demand. The unAmerican Wilsonart is one of many corporations that have off-shored jobs to China.
Virginia: In Fredericksburg, non-profit Mary Washington Healthcare laid off 66 healthcare workers without notice: “This came as a complete shock! Everyone had their mouths open!”-hospital employee who refused to be named by local news media
(obviously healthcare workers haven’t been reading my job losses reports, or they would be well aware of the Obama Care job destruction)
Hospital administrators said they’re also cutting pay for 46 other employees. 157 employees will be transfered elsewhere! Non-profit Mary Washington Healthcare has lost $31-million since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care).
Washington: Denmark based drugs pusher Novo Nordisk announced they’re shutting down their Seattle inflammation research center by November, killing 63 jobs. In Bellevue, JCPenney announced they will shutdown their 55 years old store by November.
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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.
“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