Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
California: Accurate Metal Solutions shutdown, 426 jobs lost! In Chatsworth, Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase-Mortgage Bank laid off 88 employees. In Emeryville, evil legal drugs maker Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostic laid off 54 employees. In Los Angeles, The Proud Bird shutdown, 96 jobs lost. In Pittsburg, Quad/Graphics shutdown, 88 jobs lost. In Valencia, King Brothers plastic plumbing fixtures maker shutdown, 83 jobs lost.
Florida: In Jacksonville, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo laid off 17 people, for “unknown” reasons.
Illinois: In Chicago, Too Big to Jail JPMorgan Chase laid off 145 people! In Montgomery, Caterpillar let go the last of their employees, 22, as they shutdown their factory.
Indiana: In Carmel, Frontier Communications laid off 54 people. In Indianapolis, Too Big to Jail JPMorgan Chase laid off seven people.
New York: In Melville, Too Big to Jail First National Bank of New York laid off 36 employees. It’s blamed on a merger with another bank.
According to employment consultant Challenger, Gray & Christmas, employers in the United States issued 45314 “planned” job cut notices in November 2013. This does not count the small mom and pop operations.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013