Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: What housing market recovery? The Associated General Contractors & Builders reports that 900 construction jobs ceased to exist between May and June! From May 2013 to May 2014 the state lost 1400 construction jobs! In Birmingham, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo NA announced they’re shutting down their commercial real estate loan origination office in July, 468 jobs lost!
Arizona: In Yuma, after 24 years Barenholtz Fine Furniture shutdown. The owner sold the building and is moving back to Missouri.
California: In Stockton, France based contracted food service and facility management company Sodexo announced more layoffs, this time 73 people will become unemployed in August. In Oakland, Sears announced they’re shutting down their repair center in August, 75 jobs lost. In Orange, Obama Care forced Children’s Hospital of Orange County to kill 61 healthcare jobs, with only a couple days notice. In Chino, biomedical laboratory instruments maker Beckman Coulter shutting down in December, 63 jobs lost. What automotive industry recovery? In Carson, U.S. Auto Parts Network announced they’re shutting down their distribution center in August, 78 jobs lost. San Diego based computer chip maker Entropic Communications laying off 150 employees across the U.S., by September!
Connecticut: In Stamford, legal drugs pusher and maker of evil Oxycontin (which eastern Idaho pharmacists, and law enforcers, have publicly stated turns into morphine in your body) Purdue Pharma laid off 59 people. Another 41 employees being let go across the U.S.
Georgia: After 27 years upscale snooty elitist Vinings Club restaurant shutdown. The shutdown was revealed by one of the 871 exclusive members. 40 jobs lost, it’s being blamed on financial reasons which forced the sale of the restaurant.
Idaho: In Pocatello, After less than three months Timberline Home Furnishings-3G Used Car Sales is already busted! The location used to be the Ashley Furniture Liquidation store, which went away in March.
Illinois: In Oak Park, the Mac Specialist store shutdown. The owners have been struggling ever since an investor backed out in 2013. In Lake County, legal drugs pusher Abbott Labs laid off an undisclosed number of employees. The lying company officials said it was necessary to “reduce costs”, but then they turned around and reported the ‘cost cutting’ action was costing them an additional $194-million USD in “charges”. On top of that, they announced they are buying a Russian company for as much as $495-million in cash plus $136 million in debt! And on top of that, they bought a Chilean pharmaceutical company for $2.9-billion plus $430-million of debt! Now we see the real reason they need to “reduce costs”.
Massachusetts: In Leominster, HealthAlliance Hospital revealed that its recently announced Obama Care job cuts will affect 160 healthcare workers!
Michigan: What housing market recovery? Washtenaw County announced 259 properties to be bundled into 75 tax auctions! Compare that to 2013 when 186 properties were bundled for auction!
Missouri: In Kansas City, Barton Nelson died. The family owned printing company was only 53 years old. The family owners left this angry message on their phone service; “…being forced to close its doors by our lenders.”
Montana: Powell County laying off two deputies, leaving an area the size of Delaware with only the Sheriff and two deputies! County officials blame the Obama regime, because promised funding through the Secure Rural Schools Act never came through!
Nevada: Enterprise based Allegiant Air halting all but two flights to Hawaii. The move will affect airports in Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Airline officials called it a “seasonal hiatus”.
New Mexico: In Albuquerque, two shopping centers up for auction; Four Hills Village Shopping Center and Riverside Plaza. The commercial properties were foreclosed, despite having paying tenants. Does it have something to do with the Albuquerque metropolitan area losing 2700 jobs from May 2013 to May 2014?!
New York: First Avon, now Elizabeth Arden. The cosmetics maker announced massive layoffs, but refused to give exact numbers. Arden is also shutting down their Puerto Rico ops, and canceling some perfume contracts. Just like Avon, Arden is dealing with crashing sales. In Queensbury, Tribune Media Services laid off about ten employees. Last month they laid off 25 employees. The Hempstead School District killed 59 education jobs, in a secret vote. The teachers union went to local news media to report that 47 teachers, 10 teacher assistants and two administrators had received layoff notices. In May school officials declared many teaching positions were going to be “excessed”, which basically means there’s not enough money to cover them all. Sterling National Bank announced they are killing 23 jobs statewide in September. In Orangeburg, DHS Systems announced they are shutting down in September, 30 jobs lost. The company specializes in portable hospitals.
North Carolina: What housing market recovery? In Charlotte, Too Big to Jail Bank of America laid off 540 mortgage workers!
Ohio: God can’t stop all powerful Obama Care from killing 131 jobs with non-profit Christian health system, TriHealth (a partnership with Bethesda and Good Samaritan). The SeniorLink Program was also killed. Under Obama Care the program is considered too expensive. What housing market recovery? A realtor association in Columbus reporting an 11.3% drop in home sales from May 2013 to May 2014. On top of that eight counties reported their April sales dropped by 12.5%. And this is with a reduction in the number of homes available!
Pennsylvania: British empire U.S. taxsucker BAE Systems killing more U.S. jobs, this time 35 people let go in Jessup. The Sanatoga Kmart shutting down in August, ironically the store was advertising to hire new employees! According to local news reports it was the property owner that shutdown the store, not Sears Holdings. However, an unnamed store employee explained the building was owned by Sears Holdings, but the land was not. The land owner refused to renew the lease. Pittsburgh based Education Management Corporation (EDMC) laid off 80 HQ employees, and more are expected. The for profit higher education system (half owned by Goldman-Sachs) operates in the U.S. and Canada through Argosy University, The Art Institutes (200 employees laid off earlier this year!), Brown Mackie College and South University. EMDC has been losing money for the past three years due to disappearing students (enrollment dropped almost 10% just from last year). EMDC is also facing U.S. federal charges for paying recruiters based on student headcount, which is a violation of U.S. education laws.
Tennessee: The Crittenden Regional Hospital remains shutdown. The official reason is reconstruction after a fire caused massive water damage by the hospital’s anti-fire sprinkler system. However, it’s also been revealed the hospital is $23-million in debt, and Obama Care just might not make it worth rebuilding.
Texas: In Austin, Massachusetts based life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific laid off 115 people! The work is being transfered to the state of California and the country of Lithuania.
Vermont: In Rutland, after 42 years the Book King shutting down in July.
Virginia: Dance costume maker Wolff Fording & Company killed 47 jobs. Is that a big deal? Consider this; there are now only five employees left in the factory that once employed 120! It turns out the company was sold off earlier in June. The new controlling owner is a California based vulture capitalist called Vert Capital. The new owners admitted they didn’t expect to layoff so many people, but the costume maker was in deep trouble that was “not foreseeable at the time of purchase”. Former employees are pissed: “We’re hurting! We did everything right! We showed up, worked hard, gave 110% and then we were kicked out on our butts with the feeling that no one had our backs!”-Shannon McCallister
Washington: British empire Canada based Interfor shutting down a sawmill in Beaver, and a planer in Forks. 90 jobs lost. Company officials blame it on the bad economy, exacerbated by nut job environmentalist who managed to get a court order blocking the supply of wood!
West Virginia: In Wyoming County, the largest coal mine run by Cliffs Natural Resources shutting down in August, 450 jobs lost! It’s blamed on crashing coal prices. However, company officials said “If something happens in the next 60 days we won’t have to take this action.” County officials are praying that “something happens”, Commissioner Silas Mullins said “We’re going to lose a great deal of money….” which could affect county jobs and cause a death spiral for the local economy.
Wisconsin: In Sheboygan, newly formed geo-imaging company Quantum Spatial laying off 68 employees in August. Local news media report that company officials refused to explain why.
22 – 23 June 2014: “Our stores never recovered…”
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 shut down.
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