Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: In Birmingham, clinical testing company LabCorp (aka Laboratory Corporation of America) laying off 57 people in October, is it because of Obama Care?
Arkansas: After 19 years the Swifton Community Center shutdown. It’s blamed on the bad economy.
California: In Menlo Park, after 40 years Tom Wing & Sons jewelers shutdown. In Newark, Risk Management Solutions laid off 78 people, without warning.
Colorado: In Grand Junction, Graff Dairy shutdown. Local news said employees blame the bad economy for a crash in sales.
Connecticut: In Norwalk, after 30 years Cosmo’s Pizza shutdown. The owners say city construction caused a 60% drop in business!
Florida: In Santa Rosa Beach, after only one year Bud and Alley’s restaurant shutdown.
Maryland: The Old Line State lost 9-thousand jobs in July! In Baltimore, after seven years Urban Chic Boutique shutdown.
Nebraska: In Omaha, after 70 years Schloeman’s Lamp Shop shutdown. The owner blames Walmart.
New York: In Littlefield, American Cotton Growers Denim Textile laid off 69 employees. At one time the denim factory had 600 jobs, but is down to 320! Company officials blame crashing sales. In Herkimer County, Remington Arms laying off 105 gun makers as production is being moved to Alabama! In Webster, Xerox laying off 123 people in November! Company officials say they are dumping all money losing operations. In NYC, Turner Broadcasting warned of mass layoffs under their Turner 2020 operation. The layoffs will take place before the end of the year. In Bronx, Sears announced they will shutdown in November, 91 jobs lost.
North Carolina: The Tar Heel State lost 36-hundred jobs in July!
Ohio: Obama Care killing 47 healthcare jobs at Trumble Memorial Hospital. Obama Care is forcing the hospital to get rid of LPNs, however, the unionized nurses will take it to court. In Cincinnati, after only a few months Kiji teppanyaki restaurant shutdown without notice. The property owner swears another business will be moving in. And after 27 years the elitist Deer Run Golf Course shutdown.
Virginia: In Falls Church, after 38 years Sam’s Farms garden center shutdown by the greedy property owner who is building an apartment complex. In Lynchburg, a radio communications equipment supplier to local governments, Harris Corporation, revealed they killed 30 jobs the week prior. Reports say these latest layoffs now total 70 for the year. Company officials blame it on a 43% decline in sales: “Unfortunately, the North America market for public safety remains slower and weaker than we’d hoped, a situation that is expected to slow down our growth plans and which I anticipate will negatively impact our business in fiscal year 2015.”-Darren McQueen
Washington: In Seattle, after just 18 months computer aided design center Makerhause shutting down in September: “…customer demand has fallen short of what is needed to continue to run the business…”-company statement
Wisconsin: In East Troy, Plymouth Tube Company shutting down, 34 jobs lost.
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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.
“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