Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
United States Air Force (USAF) announced it will kill 3459 jobs over the next five years, however they admitted the majority of job kills will take place over the next 12 months!
What housing market recovery? RealtyTrac’s top ten list says the Kansas City area (in both Missouri and Kansas) has 305 abandoned homes!
Alabama: Maxwell AFB announced it will kill 31 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian (civilian) jobs as well, most will happen in time for Xmas! RealtyTrac’s top ten list says Birmingham-Hoover ties second place (percentage wise) with abandoned homes, 37%! In numbers that’s 428 abandoned homes!
California: San Ramon based oil giant Chevron announced it is killing 225 jobs in Scotland. Those jobs include U.S. contractors. Chevron officials say it’s part of their plan to reduce “redundancies”. Diesel, A Bookstore shutdown its Malibu Country Mart store. Company officials blame slow sales and “steep rent” saying “We’ve talked…about reducing rent….but at the end of the day, you’re tied into the lease…” In Santa Maria, after 35 years Electronic Parts Supermart shutdown. The 75 years old owner said it was time to see the World. Tech company Intuit announced it will layoff 82 people at three job sites in September. In Ballico, Sierra-Cascade Nursery announced it is shutting down (supposedly temporarily) in September, 544 jobs lost!
Colorado: Peterson Air Force Base (AFB) announced it will kill 275 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most will happen just in time for Xmas! What housing market recovery? Michigan based Lamar Construction stopped three apartment building projects in the Centennial State, 180 jobs lost! On top of that, four other apartment projects are threatened. As I reported in past Job Losses reports, Lamar Construction shutdown without notice.
Florida: Hurlburt Field announced it will kill 22 USAF jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most will happen in time for Xmas! RealtyTrac’s top ten list says at the end of the 2nd quarter, the Palm Bay area had 2041 abandoned homes!
Hawaii: Hickam AFB announced it will kill 238 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most just in time for Xmas!
Idaho: In Nampa, Macy’s Clearance Center shutdown, eight jobs lost. Local news reports indicated that the lease on the property was still in effect. RealtyTrac’s top ten list says at the end of the 2nd quarter the Boise-Nampa area had 765 properties in foreclosure, and 237 homes abandoned!
Illinois: Scott AFB announced it will kill 292 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most will happen in time for Xmas! Insurance industry created Obama Care forced Chiro One Wellness Centers into bankruptcy auction. Its remaining assets are up for sale. News reports said the health center blamed it on “a sharp drop in reimbursements for chiropractic services.” In Chicago, the Taste of Chicago fair now dead. Yearly attendance has crashed since 2007, and this year the show was cancelled on the last day! Interestingly, Obama regime city officials claim the food fair was finally making a profit, despite declining attendance. The Too Big to Jail Northern Trust Bank killing 200 jobs! The international elitist bank targets “wealthy” customers, and said they needed to cut costs. This is a true sign of a crashing global economy, when an elitist international bank says it has to cut costs!
Kansas: What housing market recovery? RealtyTrac says Wichita leads the U.S. (percentage wise) with abandoned homes, 49%! In numbers that’s 146 homes!
Kentucky: In Madisonville, Kmart announced they’re shutting down in October, 39 jobs lost.
Louisiana: Barksdale AFB announced it will kill 167 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most will happen in time for Xmas!
Massachusetts: Waltham based military taxsucker Raytheon admitted it killed an undisclosed number of jobs. Local news reports say “anonymous” employees reported 300 people become unemployed! The job cuts are blamed on the bad economy and the Department of Defense delaying the approval of new contracts (which in turn is because of the bad economy). RealtyTrac’s top ten list says at the end of the 2nd quarter Worcester had 394 abandoned homes!
Michigan: What housing market recovery? The Failed State Detroit Land Bank attempting to dump homes in the Boston-Edison area. Those homes have been labeled “disasters” by local news media. At least 12 large, dilapidated and trashed homes will be auctioned off in August. In Failed State Detroit, the Comet Bar threatened with being forced to shutdown by a desperate baseball team. Apparently the popular local bar might be in the way of the new stadium for the Detroit Red Wings. Despite reporting a 54% increase in profits Rockford based shoe maker-seller, Wolverine Worldwide, announced it is shutting down all 140 stores (the majority are known as Stride Rite) across the U.S., by 2015! Apparently they don’t think their good times are gonna last saying they must adapt to “a fundamental shift in consumer shopping behavior”.
Missouri: RealtyTrac says Saint Louis ranks 34% with abandoned homes! In numbers, Saint Louis has 847 abandoned homes!
New Hampshire: Germany based SIG Sauer laid off at least 100 employees from its gun factories in Exeter and Newington! It’s blamed on crashing gun sales.
New York: In NYC, after seven years New Amsterdam Market shutdown. The owner of the popular market place said nobody was willing to continue debt financing the operation (which is actually how retail America works, not by actual sales). In Centerport, popular wedding venue Thatched Cottage shutdown. It went bankrupt back in January, the owner says they’ve never recovered from Tropical Storm Irene and Superstorm Sandy. In Wyandanch, Obama Care forcing Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center to shutdown in October, 64 healthcare jobs lost. RealtyTrac’s top ten list says at the end of the 2nd quarter, Syracuse ranked with 33% abandoned homes!
Nevada: RealtyTrac’s top ten list says at the end of the 2nd quarter the Las Vegas area had 1670 abandoned homes!
North Carolina: Who said tech jobs are recession proof? California based CoreLogic announced it is shutting down their Charlotte ops, 49 jobs lost in October.
Ohio: Wright Patterson AFB announced it will kill 372 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most just in time for Xmas! In Massillon, Food4Less grocery store shutdown without notice! It was shutdown right in the middle of the afternoon while customers were shopping, about 15:00 hours according to local news reports. It’s the 3rd grocery store in the past six months to shutdown in the city of Massillon. Local news reports indicate that the owner of all three grocery stores had lost a major legal battle. One lawsuit claims the owner has yet to pay for store supplies she received as far back as 2011! Hundreds of jobs lost due to a incompetent or possibly deceitful store owner (kinda like a metaphor for those who’re running the United States)!
Oregon: What housing market recovery? RealtyTrac says the Portland area ties second place (percentage wise) with abandoned homes, 37%! In numbers, the Portland area has 804 abandoned homes! In Eugene, after 35 years Keystone Cafe shutdown, 17 jobs lost. The owners blame increasing costs of operation, including higher insurance rates caused by Obama Care, for forcing them to “regretfully retire”. In Forest Grove, controversial Dream Girls Espresso shutdown. Apparently the female employees wore bikinis and would flash their boobs at customers. Even though they were wearing pasties on their nipples, one man (who for some reason liked to go there and buy coffee and take pics with his cell phone) was outraged and complained so much to the landlord that the lease was not renewed. This sounds like a clear case of ‘christian/religious’ prudery gone wild and resulting in job destruction: “He has basically stalked the stand since we’ve been open and has made several attempts at sending my landlord pictures to the point where it’s affecting their livelihood!”-Leah Sizemore, store owner
South Carolina: Joint Base Charleston announced it will kill 19 USAF jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most will happen in time for Xmas! In Walterboro, after 12 years the local Arby’s restaurant shutdown without notice. Local news reports say the restaurant has two signs posted on the building, one saying “Now Hiring!” and the other saying “Sorry we’re close.” (yep, they actually forgot to put the ‘d’ on the end of “close”). Local news reports said no restaurant official would talk to them to explain why the restaurant shutdown.
Texas: Joint Base San Antonio announced it will kill 429 USAF jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most just in time for Xmas! In Austin, tech company National Instruments offshoring 100 U.S. jobs over the next 18 months! Those jobs will go to Malaysia and Hungary, company officials now admit that “90 percent of our current production” is done in those countries. In Houston, after less than nine months Trenza restaurant shutdown. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the Texas Education Agency threatens to shutdown the Prime Prep Academy. The school, founded by a former Dallas Cowboys star, is accused of failing to comply with state laws.
Utah: Hill AFB announced it will kill 27 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most will happen in time for Xmas! California based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo announced it is shutting down its Castle Dale office in October.
Virginia: Langley AFB announced it will kill 742 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most just in time for Xmas: “It is extremely scary! You have a family to provide for, and come December one, we could be homeless and jobless. It affects all military families. Nobody knows who is going to get cut or who’s going to be able to stay in.”-‘Trina’ taxsucking Langley air force wife and mother of eight (aka super-‘welfare’ mom)
Washington: Who said tech jobs were recession proof? Yet more warnings from Redmond based Microsoft about looming mass layoffs. This time Bloomberg gave a hint at what could be coming: “The restructuring — which may be unveiled as soon as this week — may end up being the biggest in Microsoft history, topping the 5,800 jobs cut in 2009...”
Washington DC: Joint Force National Capital Region, the USAF announced it will kill 522 military jobs, which will affect an unknown number of sillyvilian jobs as well, most just in time for Xmas! The USAF also said it will kill 734 AFHQ jobs, most will happen in time for Xmas!
11 – 14 July 2014: “…sales…declined, utilities increased…it wasn’t financially feasible…”
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. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.
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