Boeing laying off as many as 300 people in California! Boeing has come up with a way to make satellites more efficiently. The layoffs affect operations in El Segundo, Torrance, Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.
In New Jersey, the newest and most financially troubled Revel casino laid off 83 employees. Atlantic City’s bad economy just can’t support 12 casinos!
In Minnesota, Creative Memories made it official and went bankrupt, for the second time in five years. At least 163 people to lose their jobs!
Reinsurance company, PartnerRe, will layoff 140 people despite reporting a profit for its fourth quarter! Company officials say they’re trying to make the company more efficient (make more profits for the stockholders). Reinsurance is basically insurance on the policies insurance companies sell to you.
Military contractor, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, laid off 19 workers at its Cambria County, Pennsylvania operations. Company officials blame government spending cuts. Reading Eagle, owner of Reading Hospital, laying off 210 medical staff, plus eliminating another 181 jobs through attrition! Officials blame the Obama/Romney Care (Affordable Care Act) cuts to Medicare/Medicaid!
In New London, Wisconsin, Saputo Cheese laid off 22 employees due to changes in factory set up.
The Head Start education program in Lorain County, Ohio, laid off four employees. Officials blame federal funding cuts. In Columbus, the Flow Skatepark closed down.
In New York, the General Brown Central School District considering cutting or eliminating 21 positions. The district is dealing with a $1 million USD budget gap. Bus company, Mile Square Transportation, laid off 102 employees! The company shut down its Peekskill facility, after the local Peekskill City School District dropped their contract.
The Mat-Su Borough School District, in Alaska, is reviewing next school year’s budget and 44 people could lose their jobs. It has something to do with state mandated teacher to pupil ratios.
In Florida, Lee County School District laying off 100 people! Federal funding cuts are being blamed. Pierce Manufacturing laid off 33 employees and warned of more layoffs to come. It’s part of layoffs announced last year, due to Oshkosh shutting down its ambulance production.
In Texas, Pratt & Whitney ended its Port San Antonio maintenance operations, and laid off 125 people! Company officials called it a “business realignment”. Also in San Antonio, the Zuni Grill closed down. The Skillman and Abrams store in Lake Highlands shut down. Reports blame competition from a Super Target, and Super Walmart.
After 57 years of operations, Ponticello’s restaurant closed up in Missouri. The owner retired, saying he wanted to quit before the economy got worse.
In Maine, the Sea Grass Bistro closed. The owner jumped ship for a job with a private club.
In Kentucky, Indigo Casual Gourmet Cafe in Fort Mitchell closed. 20 employees affected.
Home decor retailer, Kirkland’s, closed its White Marsh Mall store in Maryland. It’s blamed on the bad economy.
In Illinois, U.S. Cellular closed a store in Evanston. Apparently the company is focusing on rural markets.
200 Fresh & Easy stores in the United States to be closed and sold off! The United Kingdom based owner, Tesco, says the economy is so bad they’re losing money on almost every store! 5000 people affected!
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.