Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Colorado: Baxter International shutting down its Douglas County medical device factory, 106 jobs gone by March 2017! 
In Colorado Springs, God powerless to stop ‘his’ British empire Salvation Army from shutting down the Cold Weather Shelter. Administrators said their shelter was a temporary short term fix requested by the county, but the homeless situation has become so bad that it “…needs to be addressed as a community.”
Connecticut: Meridian based Vestis Retail Group now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. They are the owners of Eastern Mountain Sports, Bob’s Stores and Sport Chalet (which I reported on Saturday is now dead).
Georgia: The Ivy Preparatory Academy’s Young Men’s Leadership Academy shutting down by next school year. This is the second Ivy Prep school to be shutdown by state education administrators, supposedly due to weak finances and academic performance (but I wonder if it really has something to do with the plurality of the students and employees being ‘black’).
Illinois: Propane tank maker Trinity Containers shutting down their Quincy operations, 72 jobs lost in May. ARTCO sold-off their soybean processing in Lemont, 40 jobs lost by mid-May. Meijer finally revealed how many people in Niles will become jobless when they shutdown their grocery store, 118 by June! In Chicago, Parkers Sanitation issued a layoff WARN, 54 jobs lost next week. WestRock issued a layoff WARN for their Chicago cardboard ops, 49 people unemployed by the end of May. Glazer Stoller Wholesale shutting down their booze distribution operations in Elk Grove Village, 170 jobs gone by the end of May! Germany based Siemens Medical shutting down their Wood Dale location by March 2017, at least 29 jobs lost. Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase shutting down their Elgin credit card office, 44 jobs lost starting in May. Assembled Products shutting down their factory in Buffalo Grove, 81 jobs lost between May and October. Grace Davison Discovery Sciences shutting down their Deerfield paving operations due to lack of business, 41 jobs lost at the start of May. “Financial” issues forcing Pioneer Center for Human Services to issue shutdown WARNs for its Woodstock and McHenry locations, 103 jobs lost by mid-May! Nathan Health Care shutting down their East Saint Louis nursing home, 87 jobs gone by the end of this month.
Michigan: In Midland, God refuses to stop ‘his’ Lutheran church owned Journeys Coffee House, on Main Street, from shutting down in June. God was powerless against greedy landlords as senior pastor Ed Doerner blamed “…substantial rent increases and other stipulations from our landlord.”
Minnesota: In Duluth, after 131 years (surviving The Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Bagley & Company jewelry shutting down due to lack of sales and lack of family members who want to continue the business.
Missouri: The owner of a Saint Joseph McDonald’s is so desperate to increase customer traffic that he’s offering all you can eat french fries. But wait, there’s more! The Saint Joseph Mickey-D’s is also eliminating human cashiers and replacing them with automated kiosks!
New York: In Latham, Bob & Ron’s Fish Fry shutting down due to “Mainly the economy, high cost of seafood, demand. And to be honest there is no way we could pay the high minimum wage that is coming and mandatory 3 months paid sick leave…” In White Plains, The Esplanade nursing home shutting down due to renovations of the building, 55 jobs lost by mid-July. 
In elitist Manhattan NYC, local news reported that the burrow is now a fuel desert as the last gas station shutdown. The British empire owned BP (British Petroleum) gas station on Lafayette and East Houston Streets shutdown last week, leaving many taxi drivers stranded! The last fuel station in Manhattan was sold to a developer who will build yet another skyscraper.
North Carolina: In Durham, after nine years Triangle Brewing Company shutting down in May, due to a sudden increase in competition.
Ohio: The county of Warren is privatizing its employment service for disabled people, known as Production Services Unlimited, 60 county jobs will be lost. County administrators blame ObamaCare saying they’re following orders from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Texas: British empire controlled, Bermuda based Seadrill Americas issued a layoff WARN, 112 oil jobs in Houston gone by May!
Washington DC: Janet Yellen, head of the Federal Reserve, has proven herself to be a liar. She recently stated that the U.S. economy was “near full employment” which is not true when you look at U.S. Bureau of Labor data. According to the Bureau of labor the U.S. employment situation is similar to that of the late 1970s. U.S. labor participation peaked in 1996. If the peak was in 1996, and the current participation rate is at 1970s levels then how can we be “near full employment”?
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.”