Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Alabama: In Montgomery, after six years Charlotte’s Jewelry shutting down on my B-Day in May. The owner wants more time with her new granddaughter.
California: In San Francisco, British empire owned BAE continues with mass layoffs, this time BAE revealed they laid off 155 people at the end of March! Also in San Francisco, New York based Too Big to Jail rip-off artist, I mean investment company BlackRock eliminating 64 jobs by June. Standard Parking shutting down their Los Angeles ops, 430 people jobless starting at the end of May! Triangle Brass Manufacturing shutting down their Los Angeles factory, 55 jobs lost by the start of May. Too Big to Jail British empire Royal Bank of Canada owned City National Bank shutting down one of their LA offices by mid-June. The largest grocery wholesaler in the United States, United Grocers, announced they’re shutting down their Los Angeles ops, 132 jobs lost by June! Live Nation Entertainment shutting down their Anaheim ops, 3-hundred people jobless starting at the end of May! Schenker Logistics shutting down their Ontario distribution center, 52 jobs lost by the beginning of June. Tax-sucking Northrop Grumman issued yet another WARN for Fort Irwin, 483 jobs gone at the end of May! Also at Fort Irwin, tax-sucker PULAU eliminating 91 jobs by the end of the month, one of the military contractor’s double-speak slogans is “PULAU leads the way in fostering peace and stability across the world. “ Tax-sucking Lockheed-Martin shutting down their San Jose location, 59 jobs gone in June. Japan based Sony Pictures shutting down their Culver City ops, 59 jobs gone by May. For-profit ICDC College shutting down their Huntington Park campus, 244 jobs lost by the end of May! In Temecula, Abbott Vascular continues with its medical device layoffs, this time 131 people laid off without warning at the beginning of this month! Chevron issued yet another layoff WARN for its Bakersfield ops, 98 jobs lost by mid-June. More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; in Oakland software maker APN (Ask Partner Network) issued a layoff WARN, 19 employees unemployed by the end of May. Mindspark Interactive Network revealed it too will eliminate jobs. Internet company IAC (InterActiveCorp) issued layoff WARNs for 15 employees, effective at the end of May.
Florida: In Saint Petersburg, America’s Auction Network shutting down, 192 jobs gone by June!
Illinois: Barnes & Noble shutting down three bookstores by the end of May; one in the Arlington Shopping Center, the Woodfield Plaza Shopping Center and in Deer Park Town Center! No word on how many jobs will be lost, some news reports indicate employees have yet to officially be told.
New York: Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Associates issued a shutdown WARN for its Williamsville location, 119 jobs gone by mid-May! After ten years P.S. Bookstore forced to shutdown because it can’t pay its NYC (Brooklyn) property taxes. The bookstore operator says he never got a tax bill for the first three years of operations (the fault of the landlord, in NYC evil landlord’s collect property taxes from their tenants), then he suddenly got a massive bill in 2014 which he just could not pay. He even tried raising the money through internet crowdfunding but failed. Also in Brooklyn, record store Deadly Dragon Sound shutting down this weekend. After 11 years the evil landlord kicked them out. 
The world’s 3rd biggest aluminum maker, NYC based Alcoa, reported its 1st quarter 2016 net income crashed by 92%! It is now eliminating 2-thousand jobs and splitting itself into two companies!
Texas: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; Arlington based software company Opower laid off 25 U.S. employees as “…part of an effort to cut back on our overall spending….”
Virginia: In Richmond not even two years after opening an upscale grocery store-restaurant Southern Season-Southerly shutting down, 115 people forced to transfer or become jobless! Administrators say the location is too expensive to operate because they built it too big: “We had hoped to do more volume in the store. Maybe we overestimated….Most retailers are downsizing….”-Dave Herman, president
Wisconsin: Oil industry manufacturer Miller Electric laid off 75 employees without warning, blaming the oil industry BS.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
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.”