Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
The Carolinas HealthCare System announced they must kill at least 100 jobs in North and South Carolina by the beginning of 2015, due to Obama Care! Reduced insurance payments as a result of the so called ‘Affordable Car Act’ will cause the hospital system to lose at least $110-million USD in their fiscal 2015 year.
California: Yet another video game maker killing jobs, this time Rohnert Park based S2 Games. Administrators admited it was due to “mismanagement” of the company. In Lancaster, Obama Care killing at least 99 jobs with Antelope Valley Hospital in November. In Los Angeles, Too Big to Jail Bank of America announced they were laying off an additional five people in November.
Colorado: The Denver International Airport announced 650 ramp and baggage employees will be laid off due to the ending of a contract between United Airlines and SkyWest Airlines!
Florida: What housing market recovery? In Tampa, British empire United Kingdom based Too Big to Jail HSBC announced it will kill 83 mortgage jobs between now and April 2015. In Boca Raton, an office building worth $23-million is now in foreclosure! The buyer, who is listed as City National Bank, missed a payment (although they deny it). It turns out the property was formerly owned by Too Big to Jail Bank of America!
Georgia: In Atlanta, after two years Dough Bakery vegetarian restaurant suddenly shutdown. No reason given by the owners.
Hawaii: In Honolulu, city administrators announced the end of city trash services in January 2015. City admin says they cannot afford to update their trash trucks. An inept reporter for Pacific Business News actually stated that city trash service is “free”. Obviously he’s never had to pay a ‘property tax’ bill!
Louisiana: The third best ranked hospital in the Pelican State, Saint Francis Medical Center, announced 300 healthcare workers will become unemployed! Administrators blamed Obama Care, referring to it as “Major market shifts in the health care industry”.
Massachusetts: Boston based Macworld magazine stopped hardcopy publication. An undisclosed number of employees now unemployed.
New Mexico: In Albuquerque, after only a few months and tens of thousands of dollars in renovations the Azul Burrito shutdown. The owner blames the city for road construction that literally killed off business by destroying parking.
New Jersey: In Atlantic City, it’s confirmed the Taj Mahal casino shutting down in November, more than 28-hundred jobs lost!
New York: NYC based producer of crappy entertainment shows like American Idol, Core Media Group (not to be confused with CoreMedia CMS), laid off an undisclosed number of employees including their president. That Which Cannot be Named is refusing to stop Obama Care from killing 58 mental and physically disabled healthcare jobs at the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services. Forest Laboratories issued a WARN saying it will shutdown ops in Commack, Hauppauge, Farmingdale and NYC. Mid 2015 has been given as the shutdown date, at least 123 employees affected! Forest Labs was taken over by Actavis.
North Carolina: Wisconsin based National Tissue Company shutting down their King factory by Xmas, at least 40 jobs lost. The bad economy is forcing them to consolidate ops.
Ohio: In Cincinnati, after almost six years the owners of the Mainstay Rock Bar announced they will shutdown in October. There was no official reason, but rumors say the building is being renovated. Dow Chemical shutting down their 55 years old, and “indispensable” Findlay factory in time for Xmas, 70 jobs lost. In the 1960s the factory employed 494 people. The reason for the factory shutdown is that a 2010 state tax incentive expired! By the way, the same factory also got $2-million in federal tax credits in 2010, however, company administrators say they also spent $7-million upgrading the factory to make chemicals for solar panels.
Pennsylvania: In Robesonia, food distributor Associated Wholesales now bankrupt busted and already selling off its assets. Apparently Obama Care doesn’t want men having sex as a legal drugs pushing company that makes money off of penis dysfunction, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, laid off 200 employees! Company administrators directly blamed the new taxes created by the so called ‘Affordable Care Act’, and warned more layoffs on the way as they are now moving their U.S. operations to Canada!
Tennessee: What housing market recovery? In Memphis, the Memphis Area Association of Realtors report that home sales have dropped 24.7% from August 2013 to August 2014, but it could be because prices have gone up 11%. In West Nashville, after 12 years the Hillwood Strike and Spare Family Fun Center was shutdown by the greedy property owner: “Through several attempts to negotiate a new lease on our building, our standing in the community, with our customers and the thousands of lives that are affected with our closing was no match for the money they could make otherwise.”-Larry Schmittou, fun center owner
Texas: Houston based Waste Management is at it a gain. Reports say a new round of layoffs could hit 700! It’s blamed on the recent $1.9-billion sale of its failed waste-to-energy operation.
Virginia: At Naval Air Stations Virginia Beach and Norfolk, taxsucking California based military contractor URS warned 208 people becoming unemployed if they lose their contract in October!
Washington DC: The U.S. Air Force revealed they’re laying off 214 junior officers by Xmas!
West Virginia: Struggling Patriot Coal announced an additional 360 coal miners to become unemployed! In June they laid off 75 coal miners. Back in April they laid off 100 miners! Company administrators blame it on “The combination of increasing EPA regulations, mild summer weather and low natural gas prices has resulted in thermal coal pricing at levels below operating costs at many Appalachian mines.” They also warned of more layoffs after they conduct a new two month review.
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.
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