Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Arizona: Walgreens shutting down all 40 of their Grand Canyon State Theranos Wellness Centers and ending its partnership with California based blood testing lab Theranos. It’s connected to Medicare and Medicaid rejecting numerous test results from Theranos.
California: In Fresno, after 66 years Sunnyside Department Store shutting down, local news media say its the last of ten family owned stores on Butler Avenue. Blood tester Theranos facing shutdown after Medicare-Medicaid declared their test results invalid, and losing their major contract with Walgreens.
Delaware: Draw Another Circle has made it official and placed Hastings into bankruptcy, as part of their plan to try and sell-off the dying entertainment chain.
Idaho: ObamaCare insurance providers are demanding premium increases from anywhere between 27% and an insane 122% for Blue Cross’s ObamaCare Gold Plan! The Idaho Public Charter School Commission warning Syringa Mountain School of financial peril because state funding can’t come close to covering the charter school’s outrageous operating costs: “SMS’s financial position is extremely perilous. While fundraising efforts have met current cash flow needs, SMS has struggled with lack of funds periodically throughout its years in operation.”
Illinois: Lake Land College eliminating jobs due to “significant reduction” in state taxpayer funding. Desperate Lake Zurich considering raping taxpayers to fund a new tax district for the abandoned Kmart property! And they’re spending $40-thousand tax dollars to study the feasibility of the Kmart tax district!
Kentucky: ValuMarket shutting down their Louisville store on Hurstbourne, by July. Local news media says the property owner is redeveloping the property.
Maryland: It’s revealed that taxpayers are being forced to pay more than $320-million each year to shore up the state’s failed retirement system that is now tied to the volatile stock markets!
Michigan: In Ann Arbor, after 70 years G&H Barbers shutting down due to the new property owner wanting to redevelop the property.
New York: In Potsdam, after more than 25 years The Cheshire Cat clothing store shutting down by mid-July. In Jamaica, Ultimate Aircraft issued a mass layoff WARN, 145 employees unemployed by August.
Ohio: The city of Lorain notified 23 firefighters they will become unemployed due to the city being short $3.6-million USD. City administrators are trying to get a taxpayer funded grant from the federal government.
Oklahoma: Kimray laying off 120 people by Friday, blaming the oil industry BS!
Pennsylvania: After surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Holy Innocents Catholic Church: “We can’t afford to keep it open. We don’t get enough money in the collections to maintain it.”-Medio Mercolini, loyal member
Texas: Draw Another Circle owned Hastings told 375 distribution and HQ employees in Amarillo they will become jobless within 60 days!
Washington: Redmond based Microsoft is buying LinkdIn for $26.2-billion USD, expect mass layoffs.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.
I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!
Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”
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.”