Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.
California: Mi Pueblo issued a shutdown WARN for their Newark grocery store, 76 jobs gone by mid-July. Illinois based food service company Levy Restaurants issued a shutdown WARN for their Ontario location, 167 jobs gone by mid-July! Also in Ontario, events contractor AEG Management eliminating 280 jobs by the end of the month! Sports Authority issued a shutdown WARN for their Fontana warehouse, 122 people jobless by next week! Bienvenidos Children Center eliminating seven jobs by the end of the month. Visiting Nurse Association revealed they laid off 68 people in Redlands, Riverside and Victorville (between April & May). More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; Solar Link eliminating 169 jobs in Ontario by mid-July! In Mountain View, Veritas Technology revealed they laid off 126 people back in mid-May! In Rosemead, Souther California Edison continues job killing, this time 78 employees becoming unemployed by next week. L-3 Communications revealed it shutdown its San Carlos operations back in April, 69 jobs lost. Video game maker Disney Interactive revealed they laid off 55 people, back in mid-May. In San Jose, Western Digital issued a mass layoff WARN, 232 jobs gone by July!
Connecticut: School bus contractor First Student issued a WARN for their Brooklyn operations, 19 jobs gone by the end of the month.
Georgia: In Savannah, god powerless to stop ‘his’ Young Men’s Christian Association from shutting down their 17 years old Southside YMCA. But get this, the YMCA is being shutdown by god’s own Saint Joseph Hospital, who owns the property the Southside YMCA is using.
Illinois: What automotive industry recovery? Lake Forest based car parts maker UCI Holdings-International now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, including their subsidiaries Airtex, ASC Industries and Champion.
Kansas: In Topeka, after seven years retailer The Merchant shutdown after being sold to the owners of Cyrus Hotel. Local news media say it’s all about property speculation.
New York: School bus contractor First Student issued a shutdown WARN for their Center Moriches operations, 4-hundred jobs gone by the end of the month! WPH Midtown Associates decided not to renew the lease on their Buffalo Holiday Inn Hotel, 82 jobs gone by September. After 53 years Chatham Bowl suddenly shutdown, no explanation reported by news media. 
God powerless to stop ‘his’ Webster Christian School from shutting down due to The Rapture, I mean lack of students: “The road to transition had been paved with honest assessment, strategic planning, and fresh initiatives….. Notwithstanding all these….Webster Christian School will be closing at the end of this current school year….we simply do not have the number of students….to provide a standard of excellence in Christian education.”-school statement
In Oakdale, Dowling College suddenly shutdown due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome. Local news media reported that students are literally screwed over as they scramble to find other colleges to accept their transfers: “This painful decision is a reflection of the unprecedented financial challenges facing countless private educational institutions across the nation and the difficult choices that many must now face.”-Albert Inserra, college president
Ohio: In Columbus, after six years Objects for the Home shutting down, apparently the owners will be opening another smaller version of their furniture store at some future unknown date and location.
Oklahoma: D&L Oil Tools conducted a second round of layoffs, 53 jobs lost. In February they laid off 78 people.
Washington: Boeing finally confirmed what many local news media were reporting; mass layoffs in Puget Sound, 211 employees to become unemployed by mid-July!
30 – 31 May 2016: “no other choice…Without a line of credit”
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.
I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.
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.”