California: El Segundo based children’s computer tablet maker Fuhu now bankrupt busted and being sold-off to rival Mattel.
Florida: Fast food chain Bojangles shutdown all eight Sunshine State locations! Local news reports say the franchise owner suddenly ‘bailed’! In West Palm Beach, non-profit Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Thrift Store shutting down because next door construction is consuming the only parking lot! In Miami, PCH Communications (formerly Commonground/MGS) laid off at least 62 employees without warning. The Illinois based company was forced to shutdown by “…Circumstances beyond the agency’s control, namely the adversarial relationship between the holding company, PCH Communications, and their lender Fifth Third Bank have caused this major disruption. The entire agency was completely surprised by the bank’s actions.”
Idaho: Some good news that’s actually bad news; Corporation for National and Community Service ranks Idaho in 2nd place in the country for volunteerism. Why is that bad? Because it’s a freakin’ sign of how many people are suffering you Gem State rock heads! 68% of Idahoans help their struggling neighbors through ‘informal volunteering’! (Blind Bat News is brought to you by such informal charity by a tiny number of Idahoans, because Blind Bat News makes no money from advertising, and nobody wants to use the ‘donate’ button for some reason. If you guys donate maybe Blind Bat News could become a real threat to mainstreamer news sources.)
Illinois: Rock Valley College eliminating 30 jobs due to the failed state ‘lawmakers’ failing to come up with a budget. In Quincy, after 12 years Roly Poly sandwich shop shutting down after Xmas, no reason given.
Iowa: Insurance company Transamerica warned of mass layoffs in 2016. It’s part of their ongoing consolidation operations. They’ve already consolidated 14 division into two, eventually there will be only one!
Michigan: Health insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield warned of massive layoffs across the state. The insurance industry created ObamaCare is failing to rape-in the profits because smart and healthy ‘Mericans who don’t need health insurance know it’s a fucking ripoff and are protesting with their wallets by refusing to sign up! Blue Cross Blue Shield says as a result they must cut $300-million USD in Michigan jobs by 2018!
Minnesota: The Christian God is weaker than the God known as Money as the Catholic Diocese of Duluth now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Of course it doesn’t help that its godly priests were caught raping children!!! The Christian God must now fork over $8.4-million USD to settle sex crimes lawsuits, and of course that money is actually coming from the stupid blind faith sheeple of the wolf in sheep’s clothing church.
Montana: After 62 years Hi Line Cleaners in Chester shutdown.
New York: Too Big to Jail Morgan Stanley killing at least 1-thousand 2-hundred jobs in 2016! Also in NYC, ancient internet company AOL eliminated 1-hundred jobs due to its takeover of evil cell phone company Verizon! Reports say more AOL-Verizon layoffs are in the works. PCH Communications (formerly Commonground/MGS) laid off at least 28 employees without warning. The Illinois based company was forced to shutdown by “…Circumstances beyond the agency’s control, namely the adversarial relationship between the holding company, PCH Communications, and their lender Fifth Third Bank have caused this major disruption. The entire agency was completely surprised by the bank’s actions.”
North Carolina: Philips shutting down their Henderson light bulb factory, 50 jobs lost by September 2016. Local news reports say it’ll be the second Philips factory to be shutdown in North Carolina.
Ohio: In Columbus, after 28 years the Wall Street Nightclub shutting down after Xmas, blaming “Financial stress from declining business and deteriorating building conditions were compounded by the loss of parking with condo development in the neighborhood and the loss of third party production companies.”
Pennsylvania: Another false ‘charity’ in money trouble, Easter Seals laid off 22 HQ employees because the state ‘lawmakers’ failed yet again to come up with a taxpayer funded budget. A true charity doesn’t rely on forcing taxpayers to ‘donate’ by asking ‘lawmakers’ to rape taxpayer funding! In Richland Township, Concurrent Technologies laying off 30 people after Xmas. Company administrators say it’s the only way they can stay “competitive” in this suck-ass global economy.
Tennessee: An eight years old tax-sucking company with an evil sounding name that might possibly be involved in smuggling Afghan heroin, Vanquish Worldwide, eliminated ten administrative jobs. They blame the loss of a major government contract (U.S. Central Command’s National Afghan Trucking [NAT] logistical support contract, now you see the heroin trafficking connection). Vanquish administrators admitted they were billing U.S. taxpayers $25-million USD every year for their Afghan trucking ops: “This is part of the government contracting process…..especially with large contracts and NAT is the largest ever in Afghanistan….!”-Dawn White, marketing manager
In Nashville, after 19 years Noshville Delicatessen shutting down after Hanukkah. The entire city block has been taken over by an evil property developer.
Washington: Seattle Weekly laid off six people. Because of the suck-ass economy they’re contracting out (freelancing) their jobs.
West Virginia: In Morgantown, after 20 years Jane V. Jewelers shutting down after Xmas.
Wisconsin: The Gap clothing store in the Fox River Mall shutting down in January 2016. After 55 years Edwardo’s Ristorante di Pizza shutdown, when asked why he gave no explanation the owner would only say “I didn’t want to discuss night after night why we were closing.”
05 -06 December 2015: “…sales are down to 2005 levels…costs are at 2015 levels.”
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed
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.”