In Texarkana, Texas, 400 people will become unemployed starting in February! It’s happening at the Red River Army Depot, in anticipation of the 2014 Afghanistan pullout.
In El Paso, Texas, electrical switch/outlet maker Leviton Manufacturing closing down. 339 people to be out-o-work! The New York based company said it’s consolidating manufacturing operations throughout the country.
New Jersey’s Star Ledger announced it will let go 34 employees. Company officials blamed the bad economy and the slow recovery from Hurricane Sandy. The layoffs are also part of the 60 total layoffs announced by parent company Advance Publications. Advance Publications is itself owned by the Newhouse family.
In Simi Valley, California, Bank of America said it will lay off 51 employees. The too big to fail bank said the jobs lost are in connection to a reduction in mortgage defaults.
The San Francisco, California, based web content discovery company, StumbleUpon, laying off 35 people. Company officials say they’re not in trouble, they just want “to become more streamlined” in order to bring the company “into a profitable situation”.
The internet social commerce/photo sharing service, Lockerz, is closing down its San Diego, California, office. They’ve also laid off 30% of their Seattle, Washington, staff. Company officials said the layoffs are necessary to realign the company, also the exact number of people being let go will not be made public: “I will not comment on how many individuals were effected or any specific individual.”-Leilani Augustine, CMO
Tuscan Gardens gift store closing in Petaluma, California. The owner wants to focus on ceramics.
Saint Louis, Missouri‘s, Express Scripts laying off 332 people across the U.S.! This come after the country’s largest pharmacy benefits manager spent $29.1 billion USD to take over Medco. 103 former Medco employees have so far been let go as well!
Only a day after laying off 200 employees, Atmel lays off another 140! It’s another round of layoffs at their Colorado Springs, Colorado, factory. Company officials blame the bad economy. Last year Colorado Springs officials gave the California based microcontroller company about $339,000 in tax breaks.
Corn based ethanol fuel plants in Nebraska are shutting down. Abengoa Bioenergy says the alternative fuel market is not doing well for corn based gas, so they’re temporarily closing two refineries. They make the 4th and 5th corn based fuel refineries to shut down in the Cornhusker State.
Mormon run Dillard’s department store is shutting down two stores in the Cache Valley Mall in Logan, Utah. About 50 employees affected. It’s all part of Dillard’s “strategic store closures”.
The New Castle Youth Development Center closing in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. 223 jobs lost! Some officials say the center for troubled youths saw a huge decline in juveniles being housed there, with only 31 currently staying in the 100 bed facility (at one time there were 250 beds at the juvi jail). State Representative, Jaret Gibbons, said it was all part of the governor’s conspiracy to close down publicly funded prisons, possibly to make way for private for profit prisons.
Windber Medical Center in Pennsylvania closing its obstetrician wing in March. Hospital officials said they’re having such a hard time finding replacements for the four obstetricians who’re leaving, that they just decided to close down the obstetrician wing!
Conifer Health Solutions closing its Alpharetta, Georgia, call center. About 90 people out-o-work. The Texas based health care revenue outsourcing company is consolidating operations with other call centers.
In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, women’s clothing store Susanne’s is closing. The owner said it is for personal reasons.
After 121 years the Associated Bank in Hammond, Wisconsin, is no more. It was the only bank in the town of 1,100 households. Bank officials say it’s part of their closing of 11 branches, due to the bad economy.
An update from 15 January: Cirque du Soleil will lay off 400 people around the world, but said the majority of the cuts will be in Canada.