Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: Mission Viejo based restaurant chain Sizzler blindsided by its Australian operator, who said it is shutting down its restaurants in the Down Under! The Aussie Sizzler franchise is owned by Collins Foods who stated “We no longer consider Sizzler to be a strategic growth prospect in Australia and therefore we will not be investing further capital.” The city administrators of Covina are crediting their elimination of nine City Hall jobs for helping them to create a “precariously balanced” budget. Because of ObamaCare, Palomar Health announced yet another hospital shutdown, this time Pomerado Hospital in Poway, hundreds of jobs lost and hundreds of patients affected! Administrators have previously blamed ObamaCare for causing their hospitals to lose tens of millions of dollars. It’s been revealed that Ireland based drugs makers Allergan and Actavis eliminated at least 1,577 jobs in the city of Irvine, since January! It’s the result of Allergan taking over Actavis (Actavis is now officially called Allergan). But wait there’s more! Allergan is now trying to takeover Los Angeles based Kythera, and admitted jobs would be culled there as well. Irvine based Local.com is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, blaming it on a sudden crash in web traffic. In Sonora, Bertelli’s Pharmacy shutdown. The family owners of the 53 years old pharmacy chain have been consolidating their operations with Rite Aid.
Florida: In Saint Pete Beach, after 30 years Nancy Markoe Fine American Crafts Gallery shutting down as soon as the inventory is sold. The 71 years old owner said “There are so many things I want to do and it’s time.”
Iowa: Williamsburg based Kinze Manufacturing has become the latest farm equipment maker to go down. Months after cutting work hours to 30 hours per week (in-line with avoiding ObamaCare mandated benefits, but of course they didn’t say that) administrators announced they must eliminate 215 jobs across the U.S.! Employees say administrators gave them no warning (which is typical and I’m still amazed how many sheeple workers in the U.S. are shocked that their employers can kill their jobs without warning). As with other farm equipment makers, it’s blamed on crashing sales: “Despite our efforts, the current demand does not support our present staffing level.”-Kinze Manufacturing news release
Massachusetts: Back in January, drugs maker CRO Praxel predicted big sales in 2015, but guess what? CRO Praxel now eliminating 850 jobs! Administrators are now “restructuring” due to the expected big sales actually “normalizing to some extent” (Orwellian code for declining sales).
Michigan: In Ottawa County, ObamaCare, along with massive state taxpayer funding cuts, forcing Community Mental Health to layoff 30 people without warning: “…a $2 million cut, and so there’s been 20 to 30 employees that have been laid off and services that aren’t being provided.”-Al Vanderberg, county commissioner
Minnesota: Like your Cheerios, Yoplait and Progresso? Minneapolis based food maker General Mills just announced yet another mass layoff, 725 jobs eliminated globally! Administrators still blame crashing sales, and say “restructuring” will continue into 2017 (showing you how little faith in any “recovery” General Mills has). The restructuring is known as Project Catalyst and in the past 12+ months has resulted in the shutdown of two dough factories, and with todays job culling announcement, elimination of at least 2,125 food producing jobs!
Mississippi: Piccadilly Cafeteria in Edgewater Mall shutdown. The manager of the mall would only say “This is part of a bigger plan.”
Missouri: God refused to stop ‘his’ Chesterfield based Mercy Health from eliminating 474 jobs across their multi-state hospital system! I guess ObamaCare showed them (Missouri is nicknamed The Show Me State)! Mercy administrators directly blame ObamaCare: “…Mercy faces increasing challenges to our reimbursement structure as we adjust to reductions mandated by the Affordable Care Act and other budget cuts, as well as the lack of Medicaid expansion in most of our states.”
Montana: The state prison system eliminating 16 jobs due to lack of money. The gov’na’s budget director said the “public won’t really notice a difference” because it turns out they were vacant positions anyway. Does that means taxpayer money was supposedly being set aside for 16 vacant jobs, that now don’t exist?
New Hampshire: The city of Derry laid off eight fire fighters and then shutdown the Hampshire Road Fire Station, due to lack of money.
New Jersey: In Vineland, the Amish Market shutting down in July. No reason has been given, but apparently their sales weren’t good enough to justify keeping to their ten years lease. Neighboring businesses say they will lose customer traffic after the Amish Market shuts down.
New York: NYC based Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic) is now the owner of AOL, expect massive layoffs. NYC based drugs maker Brystol Myers Squib announced a restructuring plan that will be completed by 2018. The plan is to consolidate research work into fewer locations, the move will affect at least 7-hundred employees in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Washington! Swizterland based drugs maker Novartis issued a WARN announcing a 5th round of layoffs at their Suffern factory, taking place by September. The Novartis Suffern factory is shutting down in early 2016. I think it’s part of the 2014 deal between Novartis and British empire based GlaxoSmithKline (Novartis took over GSK’s drugs ops and GSK took over Novartis’ vaccine ops). Food service company Sodexo issued yet another shutdown WARN, this time they lost their contract with Colgate University, 99 jobs lost by July. In Rochester, iconic Eastman Kodak has been killing jobs slowly for the past couple of years, about one or two per month. Now they’ve canceled their contract with Johnson Controls, 32 Johnson Controls jobs lost by September. In Pearl River, the owners of the 63 years old Ringer’s Furniture shutting it down in September to begin their ‘christian’ ministry.
North Carolina: In Raleigh, after five years Natty Green’s Pub & Brewing shutting down by August because of its greedy landlord. Apparently the landlord suddenly backed out of a recent lease agreement and jacked up the rent so high that the pub owners can’t pay! The pub owners say on their last day of operations all sales will go to the employees. In Durham, Gregoria’s Cuban Steakhouse being shutdown and replaced. The charity March of Dimes shutting down their Fayetteville and Wilmington operations. Local administrators said the announcement was a “surprise” and that March of Dimes is now restructuring to focus on parts of the U.S. that have the greatest donations potetial. In other words they’re following the money. It also suggests that people in the Fayetteville-Wilmington areas will no longer have access to March of Dimes services: “So really, I guess March of Dimes is not going to have any presence in southeastern North Carolina any more.”-Vance Townsend, local board of directors
Ohio: What automotive industry recovery? Akron based tire maker Goodyear announced it is shutting down its British empire United Kingdom tire factory, 330 jobs lost! By the way the British spell tire T-Y-R-E, just one of many examples that U.S. English is not the same as British English. After 101 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) That Which Cannot be Named refused to stop the shutdown of the Greater Cleveland Hadassah. It’s blamed on big investor scam artists, and those silly Jews being money grubbers: “The change began four years ago due to a lot of cutbacks Hadassah was forced to make because they were a victim of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.”-Arlene Weider, chapter president
Pennsylvania: Big Heart Pet Brands has a new owner (Smucker) who has decided to shutdown their Pittsburgh factory by April 2016, at least 225 jobs lost! After 89 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) The Red Rose restaurant shutdown: “Life is too short! We only have so many good years left and by the grace of God, we think we have enough resources to retire and what we want to do is just enjoy whatever years with have left with each other and our family.”-Nick Flouras
South Carolina: Lake City shutdown their jail due to lack of money, but at the same time they said they will hire more cops.
Texas: In Austin, music venue Holy Mountain shutting down in October, by the greedy landlord. Holy Mountain owners blame a 45% increase in rent coupled with taxes, insurance and fees the operation of the music venue is now finically impossible.
Virginia: Printpack is shutting down their 34 years old label factory in Fredericksburg blaming crashing sales, 150 jobs lost!
Washington: What construction industry recovery? Simpson Lumber Company shutdown their Shelton mill, 275 jobs lost!
Wisconsin: Aglio Ristorante in Janesville shutdown. It sounds like the property owner kicked them out in favor of another business.
24 June 2015: “There are no more presents under the Christmas tree!”
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”