Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
California: Taxsucker Boeing continued layoffs, this time 22 employees let go. In El Centro, International Paper continued layoffs, this time three people fired. In Pocoima, clothing store Juicy Couture laid off 17 employees. The company was sold off. In West Sacramento, Xyratex International laid off 17 people. In California City, the Correctional Center (prison) laid off 296 people! It’s blamed on the bad economy and a federal court order. In Riverbank, Silgan Containers continues layoffs, this time 25 employees kicked out. In Long Beach, transportation company Keolis Transit America laid off 77 people.
Indiana: In Indianapolis, metal fab company CMW International shutdown, 100 jobs lost! The company was trying to sell off the factory, due to lack of cash. A lawsuit filed in New York indicates the company hasn’t been paying its suppliers. Company officials blame the bad economy: “The company has been actively seeking capital, actively seeking additional business……”-CMW statement
New Jersey: In Barnegat, Healthcare Services Group laid off 100 people!
New York: More proof you can’t blame the internet for brick & mortar shutdowns! In NYC, internet pop-up ad company Fab.com laid off 79 employees. It’s blamed on the bad economy. Tax service provider, PricewaterhouseCoopers, laid off 27 people. It’s blamed on the bad economy. Clothing store Juicy Couture laid off 61 employees. The company was sold off.
Virginia: In Glen Allen, cancer screening lab Bostwick Laboratories laid off 34 employees. This after the company paid a $503,668 USD fine for “inducing” doctors to send their lab work to Bostwick labs only.
According to employment consultant Challenger, Gray & Christmas, employers in the United States issued 45314 “planned” job cut notices in November 2013. This does not count the small mom and pop operations.
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.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013