Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: Reports coming in that San Jose based ebay, and its soon to be sold off electronic payment processor PayPal, began laying off employees. In Palmdale, taxsucker Lockheed Martin issued a WARN saying 74 people will become unemployed in March. Japan owned Sony Pictures issued a WARN saying they are shutting down their Culver City ops by April, 69 jobs lost. In Mountain View, Symantec continues their job destruction, their latest WARN says 85 people will be laid off in March. In Santa Clara, Florida based software company Citrix Systems issued a WARN saying 99 people will be jobless by April.
Florida: In Orlando, legal drugs seller Walgreens issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down their Central Operations by April, 252 jobs lost! At Naval Air Station Jacksonville, taxsucker Tyonek Services Group issued a WARN saying they will shutdown by the end of March, 311 jobs lost!
Illinois: After 50 years Hyde Park Shoe Rebuilders shutdown, the owner was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The Chicago-Sun Times laid off two video producers.
Indiana: Too Big to Jail Old National Bancorp announced they will selloff 17 offices and close-consolidate 19 others. Bank administrators say they can no longer generate enough profits to justify the size of their operations.
Kentucky: Remke Markets announced they could not afford to renew their lease on their Newport grocery store. The store will shutdown at the beginning of March, 58 jobs lost.
Louisiana: After 40 years J & R Educational Supplies shutdown: “We’ve been lucky to have lasted this long. All good things come to an end.”-Marie Martin-Darby, co-owner
Maryland: In Hagerstown, after 22 years Obama Care forcing the Robinwood Surgery Center to shutdown. The operators said Obama Care is forcing healthcare providers to become smaller, so much for expanding access to healthcare.
Massachusetts: Acton based software company SeaChange laying off about 70 employees by the end of the year.
Missouri: Too Big to Jail NCO Financial issued a WARN saying 275 people will become unemployed by the end of March! It’s blamed on the loss of a major client.
Nebraska: In Hastings, after 30 years Applause Video shutdown, the owner said it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.
New York: NYC based women’s clothing chain Cache now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. It was also revealed they shutdown 20 stores just since December! Another 218 stores now threatened. NYC based already bankrupt women’s clothing retailer Jones New York-Jones Apparel issued a WARN saying at least 229 New Yorkers will become unemployed by July! In Painted Post, Sitel Operating Corporation issued a WARN saying they will shutdown by April, at least 278 jobs lost! In Fredonia, food company ConAgra-The Carriage House issued a WARN saying they will shutdown in May, 423 jobs lost! They also revealed the layoffs actually began back in October! In Syracuse, Pyramid Management Group issued a WARN saying they will halt in-house janitor services in May, at least 50 jobs being outsourced to cheap-o contractors. In Plattsburgh, Japan based Fujitsu Frontech issued a WARN saying 38 people will be laid off in May, due to reorganization.
North Carolina: In Asheville, Featherheads Emporium shutdown. The owners will focus on their Chimney Rock store.
North Dakota: In Bismarck, after ten years Stringbean Music & Sound shutdown.
Oklahoma: Oil industry company Chaparral Energy announced it will layoff 121 people in Oklahoma City: “While we expect the market to rebound to a more economically favorable level, we cannot predict when that will occur. That being the case, we are taking a conservative approach to decrease our capital, operating and administrative costs.”
Oregon: Seven Feathers Casino laid off 93 people. Casino administrators say there is no economic recovery, and there too much competition: “The post 2008 economy has forced businesses to change. The demographics of today’s typical gaming customer have also changed. Those facts accompanied with the potentially devastating threat the Cow Creek Tribe is facing by a neighboring tribe’s intent to build an illegal casino in Medford demands our business approach be more conservative. We have had to respond to this reality.”
Pennsylvania: Russia based oil industry pipe maker OAO TMK announced it will layoff about 75 people at their factories in Beaver County.
Texas: Reports that Fort Worth based iconic RadioShack might go bankrupt and shutdown at least 550 stores! British empire Canada based oil pumping company Trican Well Service issued a WARN saying 129 Texans will become unemployed in March! In Lufkin, GE (General Electric) revealed just how many people will become jobless; 330!
Virginia: What housing market recovery? In Norfolk, Too Big to Jail Bank of America announced it will layoff 200+ people in their mortgage servicing division, by the end of March!
Wisconsin: In New Holstein, after ten years Tennessee based Tractor Supply Company shutdown. Administrators would only say that “many factors” were behind the decision to shutdown the store. What housing market recovery? In Shell Lake, maker of home products like door hardware and light fixtures, Hampton Products, issued a WARN saying they will layoff 29 employees by April.
30-31-January-2015: “How can human beings that have given so much be cast aside?”
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.