Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
California: In San Jose, integrated circuit maker Maxim Integrated Product intends to shutdown by March, 150 jobs lost! In Chowchilla, Affinia Brake Parts issued a layoff WARN saying 43 people will become jobless in February. AT&T issued a layoff WARN saying 102 people in San Ramon will be let go in February! Germany based medical plastics maker Balda C. Brewer issued a shutdown WARN for its relatively new Irvine factory, 193 jobs lost by the end of February! 
At Yosemite National Park, DNC Parks & Resorts issued a massive shutdown WARN, 1-thousand 718 jobs lost by the end of February! In Santa Barbara, chemical giant DuPont issued a shutdown WARN, 41 jobs lost next month. Motion control company Parker Hannifin shutting down their Anaheim ops by March, 197 jobs lost! The Walnut Creek Pyramid Alehouse shutting down next week, 49 jobs lost. Los Angeles based clothier Kitson finally issued shutdown WARNs for its California stores, 188 jobs already lost! (they’re shutting down their Oregon and Nevada stores as well) Switzerland based human resource company Adecco Group shutting down their Palo Alto ops by March, 108 jobs lost! Macy’s revealed how many jobs will be lost when they shutdown their Irvine and Sacramento stores, 223 by the middle of March!
Colorado: The Center City Police Department shutting down. The city is broke and will rely on the county sheriff’s department.
Georgia: In Atlanta, after ten years K-La boutique in The Forum plaza shutting down by the end of the month. News reports revealed it’s the third K-La boutique to shutdown since New Year’s Day! After January there will be only two K-Las, both in North Carolina.
Idaho: In Idaho County, according to local news reports two Texas billionaires bought-up 38-thousand acres of land and then shut it all down to local residents who traditionally use it for recreation and hunting! Residents are outraged as previous land owners allowed public access for recreation and hunting.
According to a new report called The Financial Condition of Idaho Agriculture: 2015, Idaho farmers saw an overall 9% drop in cash receipts (even with a 2% drop in operating costs) from 2014 to 2015, due to crashing food prices: “The low prices in 2014 bled over into last year. The shortages, the supply and demand factors bleed into the following year.”-Garth Taylor, University of Idaho agricultural economist
The good news is that prices for livestock went up, but the low crop prices were low enough to adversely affect state tax collections. To break it down with a few examples; milk prices resulted in revenues dropping by one third. Wheat down 17%. Hay down 12% and potatoes down just under 3%. Sugar beets and barley made revenue gains, with sugar beets bringing in a whopping 20% increase.
Indiana: In Anderson, God refuses to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Family Christian Stores. Company administrators said the only thing that would keep them from shutting down was a better lease deal or “100-thousand new customers”!
Maine: It’s been revealed that the shutdown of two biomass alternative energy plants will also affect 2-thousand 5-hundred logging industry jobs! The plants used logging industry wood waste.
Missouri: Saint Louis based coal miner Arch Coal now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.
New Hampshire: In Dover, the Uno Pizzeria & Grill joint shutdown, even though days prior local news media were told by managers the shutdown was just a “rumor”. Corporate administrators in Boston Weak, Massachusetts, refused to talk to local news media.
New Mexico: Kroger is shutting down their Smith’s Food and Drug Store in Socorro, 66 job lost next week.
New York: NYC based drugs pusher Pfizer just jacked up the cost of your drugs. A Fortune article says Pfizer jacked up prices (again?) on 105 drugs by as much as 20%! After it was revealed by local news media, JCPenney finally issued a WARN regarding their Shoppingtown Mall store shutdown, at least 99 jobs lost by the end of April. The shutdown of four Empire State Macy’s stores will cost at least 306 jobs! Cumberland Packing shutting down its artificial sweetener (Sweet-n-Low) factory in Brooklyn, 3-hundred jobs lost by the end of the year!
North Carolina: In Raleigh, The Oxford pub shutting down by the end of the month.
Ohio: It’s been confirmed the Lakewood Hospital will shutdown inpatient service in February, eventually the hospital will be replaced with a smaller clinic operation. Warren Steel Holdings shutting down their Warren factory during the 1st quarter 2016, about 150 jobs lost!
Texas: Gregory based, and evil Glencore controlled, Sherwin Alumina now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to crashing aluminum prices.
Washington: The shutdown of the Seattle Macy’s will kill-off at least 94 jobs.
West Virginia: Kentucky based coal miner Blackhawk Mining announced it will layoff 146 people due to the crashing coal market! The latest news reports said more than 2-hundred employees have received layoff notices!
Wisconsin: News reports say mass layoffs-shutdowns skyrocketed 60% in 2015 under Right to Work (you over) govna Scott Walker’s rule! Believe it or not, layoffs still aren’t as numerous as they were during the 2008-09 debacle.
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.”