Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alabama: Sears Holdings announced the Huntsville Kmart will be shutdown, 73 jobs lost.
California: In Burbank, Disney issued a WARN saying they will kill off 60 Walt Disney Pictures jobs in December. In Fallbrook, Obama Care forcing Fallbrook Hospital to issue a WARN saying they will kill off 365 jobs in December! In El Segundo, Hacienda Hotel says they will temporarily shutdown in December, 28 jobs lost. In Hollywood, after 32 years the iconic Cat & Fiddle restaurant shutdown by the greedy landlord: “Looks like the landlord would prefer a chain to move into this gorgeous building instead of having us here. The landlord lives out of town and doesn’t really know Hollywood. He just knows Hollywood is booming and he can get a heck of a lot more money.”-Ashlee Gardner, co-owner of restaurant
Delaware: In Stanton, after 58 years Pearson’s flag store shutdown.
Illinois: In Buffalo Grove, after almost 30 years Winberie’s Restaurant & Bar shutdown. Sears Holdings announced the 52 years old Bloomington Kmart will be shutdown, 79 jobs lost.
Indiana: Sears Holdings announced the Greenwood Kmart will be shutdown, 78 jobs lost.
Iowa: Farm equipment maker Deere continues job killing, this time 462 people in Waterloo are now jobless!
Kansas: 80% Japan based SoftBank owned cell phone service provider Sprint revealed how many more jobs it will kill off: 452 jobs just at its Overland Park HQ! Sprint has already killed off 477 Overland Park HQ jobs earlier in 2014!
Kentucky: In Greensville, after almost 40 years Uncle Lee’s sporting goods store shutdown, 90 jobs lost.
Louisiana: Rhode Island based taxsucker Texton Systems will render 200 people in Slidell jobless in November! Local news reports said the local city administrators hoped the layoffs at the military vehicle factory was temporary. The Times-Picayune moving its printing ops out of state in 2015, affecting at least 100 jobs!
Massachusetts: In Newbury, God refused to stop the shutdown of the 187 years old Community United Methodist Church. Church officials blame it on crashing membership (rapture?).
Michigan: Sears Holdings announced the Iron Mountain Kmart will be shutdown, 54 jobs lost.
Minnesota: Lakeside Foods announced it will kill 90 jobs at its Plainview factory in November. Administrators blame it on the loss of a contract with Hormel Foods. In Duluth, after 12 years the Brownie Furniture store shutdown.
New York: In NYC, Turner Broadcasting said they will begin layoffs in January 2015. In Flushing, Korean Plaza food store issued a WARN saying they will shutdown by December, 60 jobs lost. In Brooklyn, the operators of music venue Grasslands announced it will shutdown after New Years Eve. In Buffalo, the Pizza Plant restaurant shutdown because of the greedy landlord: “We couldn’t come to terms with the landlord on a lease.”-Bob Syracuse, owner
Pennsylvania: Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown the Lebanon, Chambersburg, Bloomsburg, Frackville, King of Prussia and Pittsburgh Mills Sears stores, 465 jobs lost! In Gettysburg the operators of the Civil War museum, Soldiers National Museum, said they are shutting down in November. They blame crashing visitation. After 35 years the K-9 Corral Jeans & Western Wear store shutdown.
Texas: Irving based toilet paper and disposable diaper maker Kimberly-Clark announced it will kill off more than 1-thousand jobs after October! Kimberly-Clark is also spinning off its health care division, known as Halyard Health.
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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.