Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.
United Continental airlines killing 685 airline jobs! It’s the result of the merger of United, and Continental.
California: Santa Ana based Freedom Communications laid off 39 The Press-Enterprise employees. Last month 42 employees were fired. In Seal Beach, Dendreon laid off 62 employees. In San Francisco, British empire based U.S. taxsucker BAE laid off 200 people! In Irvine, Tracfone Wireless laid off seven employees.
Idaho: In Garden City, after 54 years The Stagecoach Inn shutdown. The owners blame “not enough business” for their failure to pay taxes and the loss of their booze license.
Kansas: In Topeka, after 34 years the vintage store J.E.Dickerson’s shutdown. In Delano, after 27 years the Central Plains Novelty store shutdown.
Massachusetts: In the land of Romney Care (the precursor of Obama Care) the Marlborough Hospital laid off ten employees and cut working hours for 31 others. Hospital officials admitted they “cannot continue to maintain financial sustainability” in the face of the worsening economy and government funding cuts. Ellen Carlucci, vice president of development, marketing and communications, added that Obama Care is “…taking place throughout the commonwealth and throughout the country in terms of hospitals needing to initiate cost reduction strategies.” UMass Memorial Medical Center killed 99 jobs. Back in December the hospital laid off 40 employees. This round of layoffs were revealed when local news media were tipped off, in other words the UMass hospital tried to keep the layoffs secret. UMass hospital officials used the same excuse as other hospitals around the country, Obama Care is causing “ongoing restructuring” of the health care system.
Michigan: In Troy, Too Big to Jail Flagstar Bancorp laid off 600 people! Company officials say they need to save $40-million USD!
Nevada: In Reno, after 55 years Maytan Music Center shutdown: “The downturn in the economy, combined with increased competition, has dramatically changed the marketplace.”-Marianne Maytan
New Hampshire: In New Hampton, SC Johnson announced it will close its Soy Basics candle factory in July. 60 jobs lost.
New York: In Queens (NYC), after 66 years the Joe Abbracciamento’s Restaurant and Catering shutdown. In NYC, TGI Friday’s restaurant will shutdown in April, 73 jobs lost. Alcoa will permanently shutdown the two remaining aluminum potlines at its Massena East factory. 332 jobs affected! In Far Rockaway, Bridge Leather shutdown, 81 jobs lost.
Pennsylvania: In Saint Mary’s, after 161 years the Saint Joseph Monastery shutdown. As a result the nuns had to find new homes of their own! One blind faith nun blamed (credited?) the bad economy on her God: “Just as God calls a group of people into ministry, I think there’s a time when God says you have completed your ministry and it’s time to move on.”-Sister Rita Brink
Tennessee: What automotive industry recovery? Custom Transmission company Keisler Engineering now chapter 7 busted. Company officials blame competitors for spreading rumors that the company was shutting down, but yet at the same time they confirmed the company is shutting down: “The order cancellations created a cash flow problem for KE, and placed new customer orders at risk. I took the initiative to refund all new order deposits going back to Thursday January 9 2014 once I realized the company was at risk of closure…”-Shafi Keisler
Virginia: In Newport News, taxsucker Jefferson Laboratory laid off 46 employees. It’s blamed on funding cuts for the nuclear research facility.
Wisconsin: Manpower laid off 100 IT employees. One of the world’s biggest privately run employment service, Manpower is trying to save money by outsourcing its own jobs! God can’t stop the 60 years old Holy Name Retreat House from shutting down. Church officials blame it on declining use by church members and rising costs of operations.
15 January 2014: U.S. layoffs now blamed on Russia?
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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