Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Alaska: University of Fairbanks warned of 100 job cuts for next school year!  It’s blamed on crashing taxpayer funding and increasing healthcare costs for employees due to Obama Care.

California: Who said tech jobs are recession proof?  Adobe Systems killed 71 jobs.  In Sacramento, LexisNexis laid off 65 employees.  In Bell, Certified Networks killing 211 jobs!  In Livermore, Valmark Interface laid off 46 people.  In Simi Valley, Corelogic tax service killed 81 jobs.  In Santa Clara, Aviat Networks laid off 62 employees. In Santa Anna, renewable energy company Edison Mission Energy killed 92 jobs.  In Irvine, Korea based Hyundai laid off 72 auto loan employees.  In Fort Irwin, taxsucker Northrop-Grumman killed 860 jobs!  Taxsucker Vose Technical laid off 59 employees.  In Sunnyvale, taxsucker Lockheed Martin killed 105 jobs!  In Vernon, Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutdown, 160 jobs lost!  In Los Angeles, The Fat Cow killed 92 jobs.  Property manager Topa Management laid off 11 employees.  In South Pasadena, after 24 years Book’em Mysteries shutdown.  In Ontario, Covidien Distribution laid off 13 employees.  In Lancaster, troubled Starwood Hotels killed 380 jobs! The hotel company has laid off 10200 people since 11 September 2001!  In San Diego, troubled Bridgepoint Education killing another 91 jobs, on top of the 117 jobs killed at the beginning of the year!  San Diego antibiotics maker Trius Therapeutics laid off 26 employees.  Metropolitan Medical laid off 22 employees at two hospitals. In Milpitas, Lifescan laid off nine employees.  In San Marcos, worker’s comp specialist One Call Care Management laid off 70 people.  In Sepestapol, Palm Drive Hospital warned of another round of healthcare layoffs.   This time 50 people will become unemployed.  Hospital CEO, Thomas Harlan, blames declining patients, and Obama Care for killing small hospitals saying “I don’t think any small hospital with the level of volume as low as ours will be able to survive long term…..” 

Colorado: In Longmount, after 47 years Advanced Printing shutdown.  The owner, Ron Peters, blames the “damn copy machine”!

Florida: In Fort Walton Beach, after 67 years Vandegriff Jewelers shutdown.

Hawaii: In Waikiki, ice cream shop Cold Stone Creamery shutdown.  The owner blamed it on the greedy landlord who jacked up the rent.

Idaho:  In Idaho Falls, according to an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Center Partners laid off 400 call center employees!

Indiana: In Evansville, after 20 years Maxine’s Café and Bakery shutdown.   The owner blamed declining business.

Louisiana: Home hospice operator Amedisys shutting down 25 health and hospice centers, and consolidating another 23!  Company officials refused to say which centers would close, or how many people would become unemployed.

Maryland:  University of Maryland University College warned of 70 layoffs for next school year.   It’s blamed on disappearing students and increased healthcare costs for employees.

Massachusetts: In East Boston, after 90 years and surviving the Great Depression, Al’s Shoe Store shutdown.  The owners say the shoe business went south starting more than 15 years ago, when U.S. shoe manufacturing jobs were shipped off to Asia.  Prices went down but so did the quality, and so did business for mom & pop shoe stores.

Michigan: In Grand Rapids, after 38 years Pooh’s Corner children’s bookstore shutdown.

Nevada: The Southern Nevada Health District killing about 60 jobs.  It’s blamed on crashing local tax revenues, and decreased Medicaid/Medicare and insurance industry reimbursements caused by Obama Care.

New Jersey:  Even after getting their unionized employees to fork over millions of dollars last year (under threat of shutting down) the Newark Star-Ledger is going to layoff an undisclosed number of employees.  A new news organization will be created called NJ Advance Media.  Port Jervis School District warned of job cuts for the 2014-15 school year.  The district has already hit their local tax increase limit.  It’s blamed on state and federal funding cuts and Obama Care insurance increases for district employees.

New York:  Waterford based Yankee One Dollar stores announced they are shutting down all 23 stores!  Company officials blamed ever increasing operating costs, including employee healthcare costs caused by evil Obama Care (Affordable Care Act).   In NYC, NBC‘s supposed ‘investigative’ report program, Dateline, laid off 10 employees.  On top of that NBC warned it will kill 55 additional jobs by the end of April, blaming it on “economic” reasons.  South Colonie School District warned of 35 layoffs for the upcoming school year.  It’s blamed on crashing taxpayer funding and increased healthcare costs for employees.   The district might raise local taxes.  In Owego, Asteelflash US East says it will kill 34 jobs in June.   In Pittsford, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo killing 68 mortgage jobs by June.   In Brooklyn, Pride Transportation laid off 50 school bus employees.  Quality Transportation warns of 120 layoffs by June!  Kings Matron says 60 school bus employees will become unemployed in June.

North Carolina:  After 72 years the Pearson Company furniture factory shutdown. 86 jobs lost.   In Burlington, Hamrick’s discount retailer shutdown.

Pennsylvania:  The Allentown School District laid off 101 employees, including teachers!  This brings the number of education jobs killed in the past five years to 450!  School officials blamed a number of things including Obama Care, which increases employee healthcare costs for the school district by $4.3-million USD!  After more than 30 years, Torre shoe store shutdown.  In South Union Township, after 22 years Cherry Tree Cafe shutdown.

Wisconsin: In Manitowoc, the Strand Theater shutdown.  The owners say they can no longer compete with multi-screen theaters.

27 March 2014: Toy R Us loses $1-billion!

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.

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