The job killing but profit making Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal has been agreed to. Laborers in all affected countries have protested it as it will result in job killing, but corporations are now in heaven.
Solar power parts company SunEdison (with HQ in both California and Missouri) eliminating 730 jobs! It might be connected to the takeover of Vivint Solar.
Failed State Alabama: East Alabama Medical Center shutting down their baby shop in December. Administrators blame it on the lack of people making babies.
California: Making your products in the U.S.A. does not guarantee success as Los Angeles based American Apparel is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. In Berkeley, 2bella clothier shutting down due to crashing sales caused by their main customer (college students) being strapped for cash.
Connecticut: After 44 years Chuck Wagon Restaurant shutting down this weekend, the owner has been trying to sell it but so far nobody wants to buy.
Florida: Jacksonville based Southeastern Grocers revealed they eliminated 250 administrative jobs!
Georgia: Atlanta based Delta Airlines warning of mass layoffs, mostly administrative jobs. Electronic machine maker Sparton shutting down its Lawrenceville factory by June 2016, 82 jobs lost. ‘Optimizing facility footprint’ is the new term for consolidation.
Idaho: It’s been revealed that Lewiston’s non-profit Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center is up for sale to a for-profit op out of Tennessee.
Illinois: After 31 years iconic Ed Debevic’s diner shutdown due to the property owner wanting to build a 22 story apartment complex! In Chicago, after six years the Birchwood Kitchen shutting down this weekend, the owner is trying to sell it.
Indiana: In Fort Wayne, after 58 years restaurant Rib Room shutdown without warning. The family owners said they can’t continue operating the popular eatery.
Louisiana: Oil industry servicer Trinity Marine issued a shutdown WARN for its Madisonville operation, 336 jobs lost in December!
Maryland: In Bel Air, after ten years HeartBeat clothier shutdown because the owners didn’t want to renew the lease.
Minnesota: In Bemidji, Ben Franklin Crafts shutdown due to crashing sales: “We decided to give it six months to weigh the finances overall, and the sales were declining instead of evening out…..We had been in this location for five years, so we had a very good gauge of where our sales should be and where they weren’t. That was the determining factor.”
New Mexico: The city of Santa Fe imposing austerity as it jacks up taxes and cuts services for residents. Incompetent administrators realized they are short $15-million USD!
New York: NYC based Nylon Media laid off 13 people despite reports that employees were promised by the new owners there would be no layoffs (be there experienced that many times). ORAFOL Display Optics issued a shutdown WARN for their Rochester facility, 27 jobs lost right after Xmas. Patina Restaurant Group issued a shutdown WARN for their NYC Brasserie Restaurant, 68 jobs lost right after the Gregorian New Year. New York Skyline also issued a shutdown WARN, the loss of 90 jobs are being blamed on the greedy property owner. Too Big to Jail British empire based Barclay’s bank eliminating 38 jobs in February 2016.
Oklahoma: Local news reports say ConocoPhillips laid off about 170 Bartlesville employees today!
Pennsylvania: Texas based oil industry service company Cudd Energy issued a WARN saying 89 people will become jobless after the U.S. Thanksgiving.
Rhode Island: Rhode Island Blood Center laid off 37 people due to skyrocketing costs of blood test.
Vermont: MIddlebury based Woodchuck Hard Cider laid off eight employees, administrators blame competition.
Virginia: In Richmond, Bella Rosa Bridal and Special Occasions shutting down sometime at the beginning of 2016, no details given.
Wisconsin: Horney Goat Brewing shutting down their restaurant this weekend. In La Crosse, Three Rivers Outdoors shutting down in November, if nobody buys it. The owner says he doesn’t have the time “to properly manage the store.”
02 October 2015: Hundreds of jobs lost means hundreds of horses slaughtered!
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”