Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: In Corona, Ireland based legal drugs maker Actavis issued a WARN saying 200 people will become jobless in January 2015! In Santa Cruz, Chaminade Resort & Spa Issued a WARN saying 180 people will become jobless in January 2015! In San Francisco, Ghirardelli Chocolates issued a WARN saying they will shutdown just three days after Xmas, 84 jobs lost. However, it’s supposed to be temporary. Boeing issued a couple of WARNs saying 221 Californians will become jobless in January 2015! In El Monte, Associated Third Party Administrators (ATPA) issued a WARN saying they will shutdown at the end of December, 85 jobs lost. In San Gabriel, SoCalGas (Southern California Gas) issued a WARN saying 45 people will be laid off in January 2015.
Colorado: In Steamboat Springs, after more than 25 years a Wendy’s burger joint shutdown. Apparently there were problems between the restaurant management and the property owners. In Paonia, Kentucky based Bowie Resource Partners announced that 150 jobs are being eliminated at the Bowie #2 coal mine! It’s blamed on the termination of a contract with taxsucking TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) as more power plants switch to natural gas.
Florida: Obama Care forces WellCare Health Plans to issue a WARN saying 60 of their employees in Tampa will become jobless by February 2015. In Ocala, fire truck maker Spartan ERV issued a WARN saying 70 people will become jobless by June 2015.
Hawaii: In Honolulu, after only two months the Beach Bum Cafe shutdown. The owners blame the bad economy saying their product was “…just priced too high for the market.”
Illinois: God must hate the Chicago area; seven Christian schools being shuttered and six others being consolidated! At least 200 jobs lost! The schools being shutdown are Saint Agatha Catholic Academy, Saint Peter in Skokie, Saint Hyacinth Basilica, Saint Ladislaus, Saint Turibius, Saint Rene Goupil, and Saint Lawrence O’Toole in Matteson. It’s blamed on massive DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome), since 1965 Christian student enrollment in Cook and Lake counties has crashed by 284-thousand!
Iowa: Too Big to Jail CitiGroup told local news media that it will render 370 Iowans jobless by Summer 2015! Bank administrators said they must become even more efficient.
Massachusetts: In Holyoke, Susan’s Cafe shutdown due to crumbling building foundation. The owners spent what spare money they had trying to fix the problem, as their insurance refused to cover the damage. (more proof insurance is a mafioso rip off)
Minnesota: What housing market recovery? Minneapolis based retailer Target eliminated 120 real estate manager jobs (80 occupied, 40 vacant) as the company decided to drastically cut back its plans to open new stores. After five years of selling Italian motorcycles, Ducati Motors shutdown in the Lyn-Lake area: “We are closing because we are unable to be profitable.”-Merrill Ferguson
Missouri: The American Red Cross announced it will shutdown their Saint Peters office in November. It’s part of a plan to shutdown offices across the United States.
Nebraska: Switzerland based legal drugs pusher Novartis killing off more jobs in Lincoln, this time 75 jobs lost. Company administrators said it was the third phase of their plans to kill off 40% of their jobs, as part of their merger with Glaxo SmithKline (to become official in 2015).
Ohio: In Lima, Switzerland based Ineos Group announced it is shutting down its only global Barex-brand PolyAcryloNitrile resin factory. At least 50 jobs will be lost in the 1st quarter of 2015. Company administrators blame PAN resin for being a “specialty niche” product, but that didn’t stop them from taking over a Japanese PAN maker last year (maybe that’s the real reason for the Ohio shutdown?). Sears Holdings issued a WARN saying they will shutdown a distribution center in time for Xmas, 162 jobs lost!
Pennsylvania: Iconic Rubbermaid issued a WARN saying they will begin rendering at least 119 people jobless from December 2014 through September 2015, when they shutdown their Pottsville factory! Also in Pottsville, after 51 years of distributing beer Brewers’ Outlet shutdown its warehouse: “This has developed in a ‘perfect storm’ manner, and this development is not Brewers’ Outlet desire and completely out of our control.”-company statement
Cheyney University (originally created to target ‘black’ Americans) laid off at least six instructors and will eliminate programs. University administrators blame crashing revenue. Interestingly, the university lists several administrative positions as being available, but adds “Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to your phone calls about vacancies or about the status of a recruitment and your application.” In Erie, Verizon Wireless issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down their call center, 117 jobs lost just in time for Xmas! Company administrators blame crashing demand for their service.
Virginia: In Carytown, a second Dixie Donuts shop shutdown, the owners of the “best donut shop in Virginia” basically saying the economy can’t support all their store fronts, so they’re focusing all their efforts on their original store.
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.