Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.
Alabama: In Florence, Hillshire Brands shutting down their sausage factory in December, 1100 jobs lost just in time for Xmas! It’s blamed on skyrocketing meat prices.
California: Taxsucker Boeing laying off another 108 employees in southern California. More tech jobs being killed as Juniper Networks finally reveals it will cull 570 employees this year. That’s on top of approximately 250 job cuts announced at the end of 2013 ( which was on top of the estimated 450 job cuts in 2012). Jupiter Networks is rumored to be sitting on $3-billion in cash, but the job cuts are being blamed directly on investors who are demanding that the cash be used to increase stock prices! Officials with Juniper Networks said the new round of layoffs “are among several initiatives”, and implied more were coming. Los Angeles based Spanish language Univision Radio confirmed it killed dozens of jobs across the United States, but refused to reveal just how many. Univision is consolidating radio operations to LA, San Antonio, Texas, and Miami, Florida. In Pomona, Wisconsin based printing company Quad/Graphics laying off 25 employees. In Corona, Cooper B-Line laying off 51 employees. In Fresno, GAF continues its slow trickle job destruction, this time three people let go.
Florida: In Gainesville, after more than 60 years musical instrument store Lipham Music shutdown. At least eight jobs lost.
Georgia: In Savannah, after ten years Paula Deen’s Uncle Bubba’s Seafood & Oyster House shutdown without notice. It’s blamed on a racism lawsuit brought by a former employee, however, the lawsuit was “dismissed with prejudice and without any award of costs or fees” by the court. Despite that, being called a racist in the United States is worse than being called a terrorist, so down goes the Deen empire. Employees of the restaurant found out when they showed up for work and witnessed everything inside the restaurant being taken away.
Idaho: In Boise, Pennsylvania based diesel-electric locomotive maker Motive Power announced it will kill 162 jobs in June! No official reason was made public.
Kentucky: In Jamestown, Warren Buffet owned Fruit of the Loom underwear shutting down their factory beginning in June. By the time it’s over more than 600 people will be unemployed! Fruit of the Loom is proving to be an enemy of U.S. working class, because the factory shutdown is all about moving the jobs to Honduras. Company officials say moving U.S. jobs offshore is necessary to compete in the ‘global market’.
Maryland: Taxsucking spy drone maker AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems laid off 24 employees.
Minnesota: Democrat political party raiser of funds Meyer Teleservices shutting down. The telemarketing company is having trouble paying its debts.
Mississippi: Abner’s Famous Chicken Tenders now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. In 2004 it was named one of the fastest growing businesses in the Magnolia State. Company officials say sales are not the issue, but necessary daily operating capital from debt financing is being cut off, so they’ve been forced to file bankruptcy by the Too Big to Jail banks.
New Jersey: In Newark, even after getting their unionized employees to fork over millions of dollars last year (under threat of shutting down) the Star-Ledger finally revealed just how many jobs will be culled; 167!
New York: There was a report that Trumansburg Central School District might layoff seven employees. In Jackson Heights, La Villita Records shutdown. Reports say sales were so bad that the owner was unable to pay rent or insurance for several months. The owner must now appear in court. (isn’t this economic recovery just great!?) In Staten Island, IC Coachways/Bus/Escorts laying off 360 bus employees in June! Gotham Transportation laying off 311 bus employees in Brooklyn and Staten Island! In NYC, MEE Apparel up for sale, 62 jobs to be lost. In Pomona, Israel based legal drugs pusher Teva Pharmaceuticals laying off 41 employees by the end of July.
North Carolina: University of North Carolina at Greensboro warns it might have to destroy 120 jobs and 600 classes in July! It already killed 390 classes for the 2013-14 school year! It’s blamed on increasing disappearing students, 2014-15 school year enrollment is already down by 2.6%. It’s also blamed on decreasing taxpayer funding and increased costs, like increased employee health insurance cost due to Obama Care. In Robeson County, Tredegar Film Products shutting down by summer 2014, 80 jobs lost.
Oregon: In Hillsboro, after 33 years Skate World shutting down in June. Management suggested it was due to jacked up rent.
Pennsylvania: Camden City School District eliminating 575 jobs! District officials blamed it on disappearing students and on prior district officials “overspending” taxpayer funding. The Easton Express-Times will make 68 of its employees unemployed by the end of 2014. That’s half of what’s left of the employees, last year there were two rounds of layoffs. Easton Express-Times is owned by the same company killing jobs at New Jersey’s Star-Ledger. In Intercourse, after who knows how long the iconic W.L. Zimmerman & Sons grocery store shutdown. The store was used in the movie Witness. The owner, Kristine Shirk, blames the bad economy saying “there wasn’t enough margin to work with any more.”
Washington: In Redmond, more tech jobs being killed, this time by Microsoft. The company made no public announcement, it was former employees who went public on social media reporting that Microsoft is culling jobs. When pestered by news media Microsoft would only say “…we do not discuss personnel decisions, the team affected was small relative to the overall size of Microsoft Studios.”
01 – 02 April 2014: Cities killing themselves with fee increases!
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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