Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in August 2018.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Forbes: What Does The Future Hold For Shipping And Logistics?
South China Morning Post: Walmart & JD.com invest US$500 million in Chinese logistics service
MarketWatch: Manufacturing jobs growing at fastest rate in 23 years
USA TODAY: There’s a fierce battle over your bed: Industry goes to the mattresses
ALABAMA: Car parts maker Federal-Mogul eliminating an additional 47 jobs at its factory in Jacksonville, in September. Since December 2017, Federal-Mogul has killed at least 121 jobs in Alabama.
ALASKA: Vigor Alaska eliminating 80 shipyard jobs by Xmas, due to lack of contracts.
CALIFORNIA: Taxpayer funded General Dynamics eliminating 1-thousand-493 NASSCO jobs (according to official WARN) in San Diego, by the end of September, supposedly due to an accident involving a USN ship and a new floating dry dock! Automotive industry company MIDA Industries issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Fremont, 55 jobs gone by September. Jacobson Warehouse Company issued a shutdown WARN for its Tracy location, 74 jobs gone by mid-October. Golden State Overnight Delivery Service eliminating 158 jobs in Santa Fe and Ontario, by the end of September!
The Bakersfield Californian: Central Valley officials join push to end California oil production
IndustryWeek: Fire at Tesla factory in Fremont
Markets Insider: auto industry suppliers are worried about Tesla going bankrupt
COLORADO: Wood pellet maker Confluence Energy now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to having more debts than assets, the owner says wood pellet sales started dropping after petroleum prices started going down in 2010.
CONNECTICUT: France based pen/lighter maker Bic began laying off people at its Milford lighter refill factory, so far 25 people have been let go due to a sudden 11% crash in lighter sales.
FLORIDA: Taxsucker Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky eliminating 5-hundred jobs, near Jupiter, due to the U.S. government buying fewer Black Hawk helicopters!
GEORGIA: What economic recovery? Anchor Glass eliminating 150 jobs (half its Georgia employees) and shutting down a production line in Warner Robins, due to crashing sales of its products! Industry ‘solutions’ company Alorica laid off 635 people! Pillow maker Hollander Sleep Products eliminating 225 jobs!
HAWAII: Island Energy Services halts oil refinery ops, 85 jobs gone.
ILLINOIS: Stack-On-Products moving 150 Chicago area jobs to Mexico, supposedly to avoid Chinese tariffs! Japan based rail car maker Nippon Sharyo shutting down its failed six years old Rochelle factory, hundreds of U.S. jobs lost due to crashing sales, and its prototype double-decker passenger car failing safety tests. Rail support company Auto Releasing issued a WARN, 68 jobs gone as a result of losing a contract with Fiat-Chrysler. Home light fixture maker Acuity Brands Lighting issued a WARN, 298 jobs in Des Plain gone due to “reorganization”! Urethane product maker Armacell issued a WARN, 87 jobs in South Holland gone mid-October. Tobacco wholesaler Follett Higher Ed Group-Aurora Service Center issued a WARN, 81 jobs gone by February 2019.
IOWA: It was discovered that RV maker Winnebago quietly laid off 35 people, in Forest City, at the end of July.
KENTUCKY: Ladder maker Werner shutting down its Louisville factory, 119 jobs gone by March 2019!
MINNESOTA: Mattress maker Tempur-Sealy shutting down its Saint Paul factory, eliminating 99 jobs in September due to “the closure of a large customer’s nearby distribution center”. First Transit issued a WARN, 90 jobs in Roseville gone by October.
NEW YORK: General Electric (GE) continues job killing, this time 225 jobs in Schenectady being eliminated due to “ongoing challenges facing the power industry and a 45-percent decline in volume”!
NORTH CAROLINA: Bankrupt furniture maker Heritage Home Group shutting down Broyhill factories in Caldwell County, 712 jobs gone due to failed attempts to sell-off Broyhill! A bankruptcy judge set an auction date of 18OCT2018 for Heritage Home Group brands Broyhill and Thomasville. Paper-packaging maker WestRock shutting down its factory in Charlotte, 170 jobs gone due to consolidation ops, starting in October!
OKLAHOMA: Oil company Phillips-Conoco suddenly laid off 1-hundred people in Oklahoma and Texas, as part of plans to layoff thousands of people over the next few years!
PENNSYLVANIA: Battery maker Axion Power now chapter 7 bankrupt and liquidating. Korea based Hyundai shutting down its now failed rail car factory in Philadelphia, 3-hundred jobs gone due to faulty welding on many rebuilt taxpayer funded SEPTA rail cars! Dedicated Logistics issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Langhorn, 120 jobs gone by the end of October! Steel maker ArcelorMittal Plate laying off 47 people by November.
TENNESSEE: Construction vehicle maker Caterpillar shutting down its Dyersburg factory, 85 jobs gone by October.
Knoxville News Sentinel: EPA, NRC killed nuclear power industry
TEXAS: The maker of Dickies work clothes, Williamson-Dickie, shutting down its factory in Uvalde, 150 U.S. jobs being moved to Mexico by Xmas!
ConocoPhillips plans ‘modest’ job cuts
VIRGINIA: Bristol Compressors shutting down its factory, 470 jobs gone by Xmas, because “business has been struggling for years”!
Washington DC: Trump Signals Drawdown Of The Strategic Petroleum Reserve
CNBC: Auto industry caught in the trade war crosshairs
WISCONSIN: Office products maker ACCO shutting down its factory in Pleasant Prairie, 54 jobs gone by Xmas. Trailer hitch maker CURT Manufacturing moving its Eau Claire electrical ops to Mexico, but claims that business is so good they’ll find new jobs for the affected U.S. workers.
U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS SHUTDOWNS, JULY 2018: “GET YOUR STUFF IT’S TIME TO LEAVE.”