Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: In Petaluma, Massachusetts based Brooks Automation announced they will cease operations and render 85 people unemployed in October. Local news reports said the shutdown was discovered after Brooks Automation held a job fair for the employees who are about to become unemployed. Cereal maker General Mills announced they will shutdown their 67 years old Lodi factory by the end of 2015, 430 jobs lost! Administrators blame crashing cereal sales. In Poway, the Sierra Nevada Corporation warned it will shutdown in November, 33 jobs lost. At Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Envoy Air (formerly known as MQ) warned it is killing 107 jobs in November, due to American Airlines drastically cutting back regional flights. In Livermore, Western/Induspac Packaging warned it is shutting down in November, 46 jobs lost. In Fremont, Obama Care killed 31 jobs at Washington Hospital, that’s on top of the already 196 jobs destroyed since 2013! Hospital administrators directly blamed the federal government: “Washington Hospital experienced a cumulative net revenue loss of more than $74 million during the past five years due to federal payment reforms, some of which were mandated by the Affordable Care Act.”-Christopher Brown
Florida: After 44 years Miami’s Best Pizza shutdown. The property owner pulled the rug out from under the restaurant owner’s feet, by renting the building to somebody willing to pay far more in rent. British empire Too Big to Jail Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) shutdown their Miami private bank, 155 jobs lost! Reports say RBC will focus on providing loans only. In Jacksonville, after more than 20 years the Sundrez gift shop shutdown. The owner blamed the bad economy saying it’s been “…the battle I’ve been losing for three years”.
Illinois: In Rock Falls, Comcast announced it’s shutting down its service center in October, three bill collecting jobs lost.
Indiana: Toll road operator ITR Concession revealed it will file chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company wants to sell out, or get new debt financing to continue ops. So, the tolls they charge aren’t enough? How do you like that Indiana commuters? Not only do you pay upfront for toll roads, but you pay at the pump in fuel taxes!
Kansas: Perceptive Software announced they will kill an undisclosed number of jobs “to achieve profitable growth”. The software company has been busy spending money taking over competing companies. Farm equipment maker AGCO tried to blame their factory shutdown and killing of at least 111 jobs on the embargo against U.S. farm equipment by Russia, however, ag analysts say it’s really the suck-ass economy: “With depressed crop prices, farmers don’t want to spend money, and large equipment dealers like John Deere, like AGCO, are starting to see the effects, and they’re being proactive.”-John Jenkinson, The Ag Network
Maine: Anti-2nd Amendment Pepsi shutting down their warehouse ops in Portland and Augusta, about 100 jobs affected! Pepsi says the bad economy is forcing them to consolidate operations.
Massachusetts: General Mills announced they will shutdown their Methuen yogurt factory, 144 jobs lost! In Boston, reports that 79 years old Suffolk Downs horse racing track will shutdown at the end of 2014, due to the loss of a casino license, almost 200 jobs lost!
Mississippi: In Biloxi, after two years the Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant shutdown. Attorneys for the casino said the property owner refused to allow the building of a hotel, which was part of the original plan. In Long Beach, Rouses Supermarket shutdown.
Montana: Sear Holdings announced the are shutting down their Great Falls Sears store & Auto Center, 65 jobs lost. Originally the shutdown was to be in December, but was moved up to the end of November.
New York: In NYC, Media Group warned it is shutting down in October. Paradise Media also warned it will shutdown in October, at least 55 jobs lost. Is Obama Care behind the shutdown of Robert Mapplethorpe Residential Treatment Facility? Administrators say they will shutdown in December, at least 33 jobs lost. In Hamilton, Is Obama Care behind the shutdown of Community Memorial? Nursing facility administrators warned they will shutdown in December, at least 29 jobs lost. In Long Island, Cynergy Data warned they will shutdown in December, 42 jobs lost.
North Carolina: Troubled charter school Concrete Roses STEM Academy shutdown without notice. State education administrators blame what I call DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome). The school was taxpayer funded for 300 students, but only 126 showed up!
Ohio: Industrial bag maker Mondi Bags announced they are shutting down their New Philadelphia factory in 2015, at least 200 jobs lost! Company administrators blame the bad economy saying “challenging economic and competitive situation has made it necessary.”
Pennsylvania: Woodland Hills School District warned it could shutdown three elementary schools and sell off an administrative building due to what I call DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome), at least a 31% decline over the past ten years! In West Mifflin, Sears Holdings announced it is shutting down the Sears store in December. Taxsucking Lockheed Martin announced they will kill 58 jobs at their Newtown operations, by November. On top of that, Lockheed Martin wants to sell off the building by the middle of 2015, meaning more than 1-thousand people could become unemployed!
South Carolina: Switzerland owned Georg Fischer Central Plastics shutdown operations at its Abbeville factory, at least 17 jobs lost. Production being consolidated to Texas.
Tennessee: The American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee killed five jobs saying “We’re transforming the way we do business.”
Vermont: Guild Fine Meats sandwich shop shutdown.
Wisconsin: What automotive industry recovery? In Oshkosh, taxsucking AxleTech laid off 65 people. Company administrators blamed “a sharp decline in demand for military-grade axles and components”.
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.