Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for September 2016.

Arkansas: Fuel tank maker Amfuel shutting down its Magnolia factory, 3-hundred people jobless due to operations being moved to Texas!

California:    National Oilwell Varco laying off 72 people by Halloween. After reporting ” historic record financial results” at the end of 2015, shipping company United States Lines shutting down their Newport Beach port operations, 92 jobs lost by Halloween.  Taxpayer subsidized (to the recent tune of $300-million USD!) hotel builder Good Hope International laid off 60 people in Anaheim.   Apparently Boeing wasn’t satisfied with last month’s layoff warning for its ops in El Segundo and Huntington Beach, an additional 82 jobs being eliminated.   In Garden Grove, Morning Sun Shirt Company laying off 76 employees in November.  Israel owned clothing maker VF Contemporary Brands laid off 105 people without warning!  Clothing brand Max Azira eliminating 123 jobs in Vernon, by November!  Upscale sunglass maker Oakley issued a shutdown WARN for its Mira Loma operations, 119 jobs gone by January 2017! What automotive industry recovery?  Maker of custom wheels, Carlstar Group issued a shutdown WARN for their Ontario operations, 139 jobs gone by December!   In Santa Maria, Zodiac Seat Shells issued a layoff WARN, 205 jobs gone by Halloween! Kyocera Precisions Tools shutdown their San Jose office.  Also in San Jose, Menzies Aviation issued a layoff WARN, 85 jobs lost by November.

Colorado: Near Hesperus, the King II coal mine revealed it eliminated 38 jobs through attrition and layoffs.

Florida:  Taxsucker Honeywell laying off 52 Sensing and Productivity Solutions factory workers by 2017.   Administrators said it was “driven by just better and better efficiency”.  Sweden based Bonnier shutting down its profitable U.S. (Winter Park) based print magazine ops. Publication of Islands, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, and Caribbean Travel & Life will cease this year due to declining subscriptions, the owners want to get out while they’re still ahead, of course jobs will be lost.

Illinois: What construction industry recovery? In Joppa, the LaFarge cement factory announced that 40 jobs will be eliminated due to crashing demand for cement. In Mossville, Caterpillar eliminating 3-hundred support-management jobs as part of plans to halt overseas productions and massive layoff globally (some reports say more than 10-thousand jobs lost), due to crashing sales!  Dynegy laying off 64 Baldwin Energy Complex employees due to “loss of contract”.  Dynegy also issued a shutdown WARN for its Newton Power Plant, 48 jobs lost in October.  Wholesaler PartyLite shutting down their Batavia location, 144 jobs lost starting after Thanksgiving!  What automotive industry recovery? Maker of electrical parts for vehicles, IAC Belvidere, shutting down by Xmas.

Indiana: Plastics molder CPX shutdown without warning, 214 jobs instantly gone due to “unforeseeable economic circumstances”.

Iowa:  Taxsucking helicopter parts maker Fansteel now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, blaming reduced Department of Defense (DoD) spending.  Flexsteel shutting down their 120 years old furniture factory in Dubuque, at least 250 jobs gone by December 2017!  Adminstrators say it will cost too much money to bring the old factory up to date, and they don’t seem so sure about building a new one.

Kentucky: Coal mining layoffs never stop as Alpha Natural Resources issued shutdown WARNs for two operations, resulting in 117 jobs lost!

Louisiana: In Amite, Bradken laying off 65 people in late October.   Trinity Marine Products shutting down in Brusley, 288 jobs gone between October and December!  In Barkesdale, taxsucking ProActive Technologies failed to get its DoD contract renewed, 51 jobs lost after Halloween (it’s hoped the new contractor will hire them).

Maine: Taxsucking General Dynamics Bath Iron Works about to kill 1-thousand 2-hundred jobs after losing a $10.5-billion U.S. taxdollar funded contract to a company in Florida!

Maryland: What automotive industry recovery? Sweden based Volvo suddenly laid off 143 people at its truck factory in Hagerstown and also revealed they laid off 138 employees during the 1st quarter of the year!

Missouri: Maker of bricks and heat resistant industrial products, HarbisonWalker International shutting down their Fulton factory. 87 jobs gone due to crashing sales.  Administrators say if the economy truly recovers then they might start back up.

New Jersey: Trucking company Veltri eliminating 77 jobs in Kearny, by November.  Packaging maker for consumer products, AQL Decorating eliminating 98 jobs in Fairview, right after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.  In Princeton, Tyco International Management eliminating 45 jobs before the New Year.

New Mexico: Taxsucking Lockheed Martin announced the elimination of 330 jobs due to the loss of a contract with the DoD!

New York: GL Bus Lines issued a layoff WARN, 82 jobs gone right before Xmas. Lock maker Allegion shutting down their Bronx NYC factory, 58 jobs lost starting in December.

Ohio: Cast Fab Tech shutting down their Oakely ops, 97 jobs gone in November due to take-over by competitor Elyria and Hodge Foundries. God powerless to stop christian agnostic Warren Buffett owned NetJets eliminating 80 jobs at its Lunken Repair Station right before Xmas.

Oklahoma: ConocoPhillips laid off 90 people in Bartlesville.  WPX Energy eliminated 40 jobs in Tulsa as part of plans to kill jobs.  In 2015 WPX employed 1-thousand 75 people, local news reports say when the job culling ends they’ll have 650 employees!

Pennsylvania:  Air Products laid off 26 people due to crashing demand for natural gas equipment.  Packaging Corporation of America eliminating 51 jobs before Thanksgiving.  Cheetah Chassis Corporation issued a layoff WARN, but didn’t say how many people would become unemployed.  ATI (Allegheny Technologies) shutting down its Specialty Alloys and Components factory in Frackville, 40 jobs gone by Xmas.

Tennessee: What construction industry recovery?  Maker of plumbing fixtures, Kohler eliminating 161 jobs at its Union City factory!  Administrators blame crashing sales.

Texas: Houston based ConocoPhillips began 1-thousand layoffs around the world, including 3-hundred people in Canada, and is selling-off its stake in the Indonesian oil-gas field!  Houston based Noble Energy warning of more layoffs despite slowly rising oil prices.  Colorado based Whiting Petroleum issued a WARN saying at least 102 Texans will become unemployed by the end of November!  Whiting is selling-off its Texas ops.  In Houston, filter maker Purolator shutting down due to “sustained market challenges”, 74 jobs gone.  Prime Flight Aviation Services lost contracts with several airlines and will eliminate 90 jobs at the San Antonio International Airport.

Virginia:  Industrial fastener and glue maker Norsdon Corporation shutting down its Pulaski factory, as part of plans to consolidate operations to Ohio (which will affect 260 employees in Pulanski, and employees at two other factories in Pennsylvania and Ohio).  Apparently Nordon’s primary cutomers are down to just Deutschland and Thailand, yet they reported their earnings were better-than-expected for their 3rd quarter.

Washington: France based make-up maker L’oreal eliminating 120 jobs at its Redmond and Kent operations, by Thanksgiving!

Washington DC: The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank admitted that U.S. factory production is stagnating.  In August production dropped 0.4%, canceling out the piddly 0.4% increase in July.

West Virginia: US Well Services laid off 60 people (according to employees), administrators admitted their ops in Jane Lew “…did not win the work we thought we were going to…”  Caterpillar Global Mining shutting down their one year old Bluefield call center, an undisclosed number of people jobless by the end of October.

Wisconsin:  Brillion Iron Works shutting down, 342 jobs killed by new owner Metaldyne Performance Group!   Graebel Van Lines eliminating 50 jobs by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, due to consolidation of billing ops.  Machined parts maker Spirit Manufacturing shutting down one of its operations, 60 jobs lost due to “changing business circumstances”.

August 2016 : “A FINANCIALLY RUINOUS GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS”

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!

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.”