Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
California: Walmart revealed their store shutdowns in The Golden State will result in 1-thousand 652 jobs lost by April 15th! In Santa Maria, Eldorado Berry Farms issued a “permanent” layoff WARN, 654 jobs lost by the end of April! Superior Farming issued a layoff WARN, 225 Santa Maria jobs lost by the end of June! In Camarillo, MAC Berry Farms issued a layoff WARN, 90 jobs lost by mid-July. In Oxnard, Coastal Green Vegetable Company issued a shutdown WARN, 88 jobs lost by mid-March. In Cambria, after less than one year restaurant-market Centrally Grown shutdown without warning, at least 16 jobs lost (back in December reports said the entire staff was fired, with no explanation). Food giant ConAgra issued a shutdown WARN for their Helm operation, 102 jobs lost by mid-March! Albertsons-Safeway eliminating an additional seven jobs at their Pleasanton office, in March. Al Jazeera revealed their exit from the U.S. news market will kill-off at least 50 jobs in California, by the end of April. In San Diego, HD Supply Management issued a layoff WARN, 97 jobs lost by the beginning of March. Georgia Pacific issued a shutdown WARN for their cardboard factory in Buena Park, 148 jobs lost by the end of March! In Santa Clara, Florida based software company Citrix Systems eliminating 65 jobs by the beginning of March. In Oakland, Outer Harbor Terminal shutting down in March, 59 jobs lost. In San Francisco, Destination Geary Street Management laying off 58 people in March. In San Jose, tech company Cisco Systems laid off 123 people without warning! Also in San Jose, Highland Metals/EZFuture finally revealed it shutdown, back in December! In San Mateo, GoPro reported it laid off 77 employees. In Vista, Zodiac Pool Systems shutting down in March, 52 jobs lost. Intellectual property analyst Thomson Licensing shutting down their Burbank office in March. In Long Beach, Molina Hospital Management eliminating 385 jobs by the end of February! In Torrance, “premier Women’s Health laboratory” Pathology eliminating 388 jobs by the end of March! It’s directly connected to December’s takeover of Pathology by a company called LabCorp.
Florida: In Quincy, BFN Operations issued a WARN for their Zelenka Farms, 64 jobs lost by the end of March.
Georgia: Sears Holdings confirmed they will shutdown the 37 years old Kmart, in Carrollton, by the end of April.
New Jersey: In Atlantic City, 89 years old (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Tony’s Baltimore Grill pizza joint now bankrupt busted. The operators haven’t been able to pay their debts and blame it on the high cost of unionized labor.
New Mexico: Coca-Cola shutting down its Portales bottling factory, 59 jobs lost to consolidation. Coca-Cola’s warehouse in Clovis is also being shutdown.
New York: What automotive industry recovery? In Champlain, vehicle painter Elegance Coating issued a layoff WARN, 46 of the 66 employees will be let go by the end of April. 
Armonk based International Business Machines (IBM) is about to conduct mass layoffs, insiders saying “…a resource action will happen this Friday…”. On top of that the iconic employer will reduce the amount of severance it normally gives. If you research my past Job Losses reports you’ll discover that IBM has been conducting mass layoffs for several years now. In NYC, 147 years old (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) plumbing supplier (originally a ship parts supplier) George Taylor Specialties shutting down because the co-owner Val Christou says “Business is the same as it has been, but there’s less money in it.”
Tennessee: Memphis based paper company Verso now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, with $2.4-million USD in debts. In its 3rd quarter of 2015 Verso reported it lost $111-million!
Virginia: In Roanoke, restaurant Stefano’s on the Market shutting down, the owner wants more time with his family.
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.”