Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.
“I went shoppin’ the other day…..I went to go buy beef, and I didn’t end up with four steaks, I only ended up with two steaks….times are tough for everyone. I think a lot more money is going towards healthcare, and other hidden expenses in America that people don’t realize…when times are tough you’re gonna go to pork and chicken, and us Italians go to the pasta.”-Tommy Grisafi, agricultural commodities analyst, U.S. Farm Report 30 April 2016
California: According to the Bay Area Council, 34% of San Francisco Bay area residents want to leave! The number one reason is the outrageously high cost of living! After 113 years (surviving The Great [deflationary] Depression, 2nd World War [despite many of its employees being forced into U.S. concentration camps] and numerous recessions), Los Angeles based newspaper Rafu Shimpo on the verge of shutdown unless it can somehow get 10-thousand new subscribers! At one time the newspaper had 23-thousand subscribers, but is now down to 7-thousand 8-hundred. And for more evidence the internet is not recession proof Rafu Shimpo does have an internet version, but only 8-hundred people subscribe to it. The newspaper will shutdown in December if it can’t drastically increase the subscription rate. In Fresno, a Starbucks Coffee on Herndon and Golden State Avenues suddenly shutdown today, and being demolished this week. Administrators blame the High Speed Rail construction. In Gilroy, Saint Louise Regional Hospital revealed it began laying off employees in March! Administrators admitted they won’t know how many people will lose their jobs until they are done with the layoff process, which could go on for several weeks or even months! In Stockton, Dameron Hospital shutdown its baby delivery and child healthcare services, 70 jobs lost. In Torrance, after 44 years Cookin’ Stuff shutting down, the ignorant owner blames a 75% drop in sales (since 11 September 2001) on the internet!
Florida: In Vero Beach, after more than 27 years The Boardwalk craft beer, wine and ice cream restaurant shutdown. The owners claim they want to retire, but their daughter will continue the business out of a food truck, avoiding the greedy landlord: “I’m going mobile. I’m taking my food on the road.”-Stephanie Swink
In Jacksonville, two Krispy Kreme donut shops shutting down this weekend, 50 jobs lost! A local Pizza Hut franchise says it will consider hiring the former donut makers.
Illinois: Obama’s homie town of Chicago is the origin of International Worker’s Day (every 01 May). In 1886 oppressed workers (who had no set work schedule [in some cases security guards literally determined who got to work for the day], no benefits and were paid pittance) went on strike. The corporations and their lackey government soldiers, police and private security guards went on the warpath shooting into the unarmed strikers, killing at least 18. It’s called The Haymarket Affair and is a fine example of a False Flag op which allowed corporate Dogs of War to justify shooting and killing their fellow ‘Mericans! (It’s also a good reminder why citizens of the U.S. must never let government take away their Constitutional right to arm themselves.)
Indiana: More proof corporate America is not experiencing a recovering economy; Flow International-Flow Aerospace shutting down high pressure water cutting operations in Jeffersonville, 40 jobs lost by 2017: “Despite major investments…the current and forecasted volume of business does not sustain a stand-alone Abrasive Waterjet machine-building business.“-Andy Jones, general manager
Iowa: In Cedar Rapids, after 33 years antique store Cellar Door up for sale so the aged owner can finally retire and enjoy life.
Kentucky: Texas based TMK Ipsco issued a 4th round layoff WARN for the year, this time 113 Wilder steel workers unemployed by June!
Massachusetts: Boston-Weak based Partners HealthCare made a major accounting error which will cause hospitals across the state to see “steep and extraordinarily serious” reductions in ObamaCare reimbursements that will cause as many as 2-thousand 1-hundred people to lose their jobs! The reimbursement accounting error was made back in September 2015, but is only now being revealed!
Mississippi: Baldwyn based bankrupt Hancock Fabrics has released a 1st round list of stores shutting down as part of their plans to shutdown all remaining stores; NORTH LITTLE ROCK & LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. TUCSON, Arizona. SLIDELL & SHREVEPORT, Louisiana. JACKSON & MURFREESBORO, Tennessee. MESQUITE, WACO, HOUSTON & SAN ANTONIO, Texas. UPLAND, SAN JOSE & BAKERSVILLE, California. CLARKSVILLE, MISHAWAKA & INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana. LOUISVILLE, Kentucky. PORT CHARLOTTE & TAMPA, Florida. CHESAPEAKE, RICHMOND & FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia. SPOKANE, SPOKANE VALLEY, YAKIMA & VANCOUVER, Washington. GAINESVILLE, ACWORTH, BUFORD, ATHENS, ROME, MACON & MARIETTA, Georgia. MACHESNEY PARK, CHICAGO, FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, CHAMPAIGN, BLOOMINGTON & ROCKFORD, Illinois. CEDAR RAPIDS & NW CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. GREENWOOD & COLUMBIA, South Carolina. ASHEBORO, CHARLOTTE & WINSTON SALEM, North Carolina. BEND & SALEM, Oregon. HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania. IDAHO FALLS & TWIN FALLS, Idaho. TUPELO & SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi. MONTGOMERY, Alabama. LINCOLN, Nebraska. BILLINGS, Montana. SHAWNEE, Oklahoma. WICHITA, Kansas. BISMARCK, North Dakota. SAINT PETERS, Missouri. ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. RENO, Nevada. CARLISLE, Pennsylvania. WOODBURY, MINNEAPOLIS & SAINT PAUL, Minnesota. GAITHERSBURG, Maryland. MADISON, Wisconsin.
Missouri: In Saint Louis, it was revealed that restaurants Mama Josephine’s (by a buy-out offer from a business partner) and Revel Kitchen (the owners are focusing efforts on another restaurant) shutdown.
New Jersey: The Brick Board of Education warning of 17 layoffs and an increase in local taxes, blaming numerous issues including increasing employee healthcare costs caused by ObamaCare. In North Brunswick, Eastern Mountain Sports shutting down because parent company Vestis Retail Group went chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Vestis Retail is also the owner of Bob’s Stores and the now dead Sport Chalet.
New Mexico: The Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education reports a taxpayer funding shortage of $1.3-million USD, warning of layoffs.
New York: It’s finally been revealed that NYC based EmblemHealth eliminated 250 Information Technology (IT) jobs! They’re switching to a contractor. After 30 years kid’s clothing store Shoofly shutting down, the owners simply said it was time to “move on…!” After 65 years Lee’s Art Shop shutting down: “We’re closing because the building is being sold.”-David Steinberg, ceo
North Dakota: Federally funded Job Service reporting increasing unemployment assistance claims, some of which might be their own former employees. 60 Job Service employees were laid off in January. The Bismarck School Board shutting down 64 years old Saxvik Elementary school due to renovations that would cost $2.5-million USD.
Oregon: Illinois based RR Donnelley shutting down their North Portland printing ops, 113 jobs gone starting in August! Local news reports say at one time employment peaked at 3-hundred, and in 2006 RR Donnelley got a five years property tax exemption to create jobs.
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh based GNC is exploring “strategic and financial alternatives”, possibly putting itself up for sale. Supposedly the troubled ‘fitness nutrition’ chain store is worth $3.1-billion USD.
Texas: In Fort Worth, Walmart shutting down one of their Neighborhood Market stores by the end of May, 108 jobs lost!
After eliminating tens of thousands of jobs across the U.S., Houston based petroleum industry contractors Halliburton and Baker Hughes reluctantly canceled their plan to merge on order of the U.S. Department of Justice: “The companies’ decision to abandon this transaction, which would have left many oilfield service markets in the hands of a duopoly, is a victory for the U.S. economy and for all Americans.”-Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. Attorney General
Washington DC: The following eateries shutdown, or shutting down: Bistrot Royal, Crane & Turtle, Hälsa, El Sol, Millie & Al’s, Sona Creamery and Teaism Old Town.
West Virginia: Ohio Valley Coal Company shutting down the Powhatan mine, 431 jobs lost by November!
Wisconsin: Surprise! A Sears store not even on the official shutdown list (recently made public) is shutting down. The Wausau Center Sears shutting down by the end of June, 35 jobs lost. Sears Holdings administrators would only say “we are accelerating the closings of unprofitable stores.”
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!
Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”
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.”