Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

California: More layoffs for the Orange County Register, at least 71 people laid off without warning by new owner Digital First Media.   In San Francisco, KGO Radio laid off as many as 30 people (almost all its newsroom staff) without warning, employees called it a “bloodbath”.  The news came from employees who refused to give their names on account they’ve been threatened with losing their jobs as well.

Florida:  God powerless to stop ‘his’ church organ maker Tadlock Piano Company from shutting down their Dothan store.  They’re consolidating ops to Panama City.

Illinois: College of Lake County eliminating 20 jobs, blaming failed ‘elected lawmakers’ for failing to come up with a budget.   More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; maker of hospital administrative software Valence Health suddenly laid off 75 people, including an executive.  I should point out that in 2014 the company got at least $11.9-million USD from state taxpayers to create jobs in Obama’s homie town of Chicago.

Mississippi: Magee based Pioneer Health Services now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Pioneer Health Services operates hospitals in Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia.  Administrators blame ObamaCare reimbursement reductions and the forced shift to outpatient care.  After already shutting down 81 stores Baldwyn based Hancock Fabrics now bankrupt busted and shutting down the remain 185 stores!  For proof there ain’t no economic recovery, the company has lost money every year since 2009!

Nebraska: After 27 years the Athlete’s Edge store in Monument Mall shutting down by the end of April, or when inventory runs out.

New York: Florida based Jabil Circuit issued a shutdown WARN for its Poughkeepsie ops, 45 jobs lost by the end of June due to end of contract.  In Brighton, after 57 years Clover Lanes shutting down Thursday, to be replaced by a grocery store.

Oklahoma: Integris Health notified employees of massive layoffs, blaming Oklahoma’s version of ObamaCare for “…a 25% reduction in  provider fees…beginning June 1…”   attributed to “…the state’s struggling economy….also…the Affordable Care Act…”   Due to an investigation into massive corruption by ‘elected’ officials Yukon City warned employees in all departments of mass layoffs.  City administrators claim they’ve discovered that $1.3-million USD have gone missing from bond sales and that the city is now in the hole by $3-million USD!

Pennsylvania:  The Society Hill Playhouse shutdown after more than 50 years.  There was no reason given.  Medical device maker Teleflex escaping ObamaCare taxes by offshoring 170 jobs to Mexico and Czech Republic, another 190 jobs will be consolidated to other U.S. locations!

Texas: What I call massive Ripple Effect Layoff (REL) as Fort Worth based, Warren Buffett owned, PBS NewsHour sponsor BNSF railway revealed it eliminated 4-thousand 6-hundred jobs in past months! The layoffs exceed the job cuts BNSF made when the ‘recession’ officially began in 2007!  A hiring freeze is in effect, it’s blamed on the oil industry BS!

Virginia: In Charlottesville, after 70 years Kane Furniture has been sold to University of Virginia Health System, who plans on using the building as an administrative office.

Washington: Federal Way based, largest privately operated mint Northwest Territorial now chapter 11 bankrupt busted after losing defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuits.  The coin maker must pay $38-million USD to hundreds of customers in Nevada and California.   The defamation claims involve fake websites that Northwest Territorial Mint is accused of creating for the sole purpose of making competitors look bad.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

31 March 2016: “We have not paid our employees in over a month!”

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”