Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for October 2016.
British empire Canada based “energy delivery company” Enbridge eliminating at least 160 jobs in the United States!
Arizona: Tax-sucking Honeywell Aerospace conducting a third round of layoffs. Administrators refused to say how many people will lose their jobs, but blamed it on “an extended slowdown environment”.
California: What housing industry recovery? Maker of bath and spa parts Balboa Water Group issued a shutdown WARN for their Valencia ops, 245 jobs gone right after Xmas! In Union City, NPL Construction issued a shutdown WARN, 106 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving! British empire Canada based tax-sucking metal fabricator for the military AVCORP issued a layoff WARN for 61 people in Gardena. Tax-sucker Boeing issued more layoff WARNs, 49 people losing their jobs right before Xmas. British empire United Kingdom based automotive-aerospace engineering company GKN issued a shutdown WARN for its Santa Ana ops, 95 jobs gone in time for Xmas. After years of taking over competitors, biotech company Thermo Fisher issued shutdown and layoff WARNs, at least 84 Golden State jobs gone between Xmas 2016 and September 2017. In Ontario, box maker Bert-Co issued a mass layoff WARN, 106 jobs lost, effective on Xmas day! In Tehacapi, Benz Sanitation-Propane finally revealed that it eliminated 133 jobs back in August! Texas based contract manufacturer Benchmark Electronics issued a shutdown WARN for its Anaheim ops, 89 jobs gone by the end of March 2017. Also in Anaheim, First Transit issued a Shutdown WARN, 319 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving! World Courier Ground issued a shutdown WARN for their Burlingame ops, 66 jobs gone after Thanksgiving. Ryder eliminating 11 jobs right before Thanksgiving as it shuts down a location in Fontana. Tax-sucker General Dynamics-NASSCO warning that 7-hundred employees could become unemployed in January 2017, due to reduced spending by the U.S. Navy! Santa Barbara based tax-sucking military contractor Channel Technologies Group now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and for sale. Administrators claim they’ve lost $10-million USD on their military contracts!
Colorado: Despite reports of booming ganja sales, and increased tax revenues as a result, maker of mary-jane packaging High Supply USA already chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to “theft and corporate espionage”.
Florida: In Pinelless Park, lens maker Transitions Optical eliminating 43 jobs right after Xmas. In Medley, BE Aerospace eliminating 53 office jobs right before Xmas.
Georgia: Tax-sucker Boeing shutting down its 35 years old Macon factory, 120 jobs lost by Xmas!
Illinois: Office furniture maker Bretford issued a layoff WARN for their Franklin Park factory, 128 jobs lost by right before Thanksgiving due to crashing sales! White County Coal issued a shutdown WARN for their Carmi coal mine, 227 jobs lost by the end of November!
Indiana: The White County Economic Development Organization discovered that Wisconsin based electric motor maker Regal Beloit has been eliminating jobs at their Monticello factory, and quietly moving production to Mexico! Regal Beloit administrators refused to comment to local news media about the discovery. Wisconsin based construction machine maker Rexnord revealed it is shutting down its Indianapolis bearings factory, 3-hundred U.S. jobs being moved to Mexico by April 2017! Manufacturing Technology suddenly laid off 24 employees due to crashing demand for welding machines that cost $1-million USD: “When a machine is over $1 million in price we’re successful, but the market is growing for machines that are $500,000 or less.”-Bob Besse, vice president of marketing and sales
Iowa: What automotive industry recovery? International Automotive Components eliminating 440 jobs by Xmas! It’s blamed on Fiat-Chrysler halting production of the Dart. XPO Logistics laid off 37 warehouse workers, apparently the warehouse was sold.
Kansas: Textron Aviation (Beechcraft and Cessna) laid off an undisclosed number of employees due to crashing sales.
Louisiana: Oil industry company Frank’s International issued a layoff WARN, but gave no numbers. Furniture maker Paoli shutting down their Orleans factory, 467 jobs gone by October 2017, no reason given!
Maine: More layoffs at tax-sucking Bath Iron Works, this time 160 filled and vacant positions are being eliminated. Administrators swear it’s not connected to the loss of a military contract.
Michigan: In Detroit auto parts supplier Faurecia North America shutting down two factories, 348 jobs lost due to Fiat-Chrysler halting production of the Dart! Iconic car maker Ford announced it will halt production of its F150 pickup due to a sudden crash in sales, 13-thousand people in Kentucky and Mexico now ‘temporarily’ jobless!
Minnesota: Minnesota Power shutting down two coal fired power plants four years earlier than planed, at least 30 jobs lost by 2018. Administrators blame it on studies that claim that power plants using fuel sources other than coal are cheaper to operate (partly due to less people needed to run them).
Montana: Bio-chem company Rivertop Renewables announced “We let a few people go and we have been working under reduced salary for some employees for some time…. Due to market conditions….”
New Hampshire: Exeter based sports equipment maker Performance Sports Group chapter 11 bankrupt busted and for sale, due to “adverse market and economic conditions”. Maker of shoe patterns, Swanson Die Company, finally died after more than 60 years of providing pattern dies for the shoe industry.
New Jersey: Bankrupt busted and dying Korea based international shipper Hanjin revealed it suddenly laid off 127 people at its Paramus ops, back in September! China owned appliance maker Qingdao Haier-Haier America shutting down their GE (General Electric) Appliance factory in Wayne, 91 jobs lost right after Xmas. Haier America will also shutdown GE Appliance factories around the U.S. as it consolidates manufacturing to Kentucky, as part if its take-over of GE Appliances. PSEG shutting down its Jersey City and Hamilton coal fired power plants, 2-hundred jobs lost by June 2017!
New York: Bus company Professional Charter eliminating at least 34 jobs right after Xmas, for “economic” reasons. Aerospace company Triumph Structures issued a shutdown WARN for its Westbury factory, 90 jobs lost by August 2017.
North Carolina: Industrial lawn mower maker Jacobsen shutting down their Charlotte factory, 2-hundred jobs gone by Xmas! Jacobsen is being consolidated by its owner Textron.
Ohio: What automotive industry recovery? General Motors (GM) halting production of cast iron motor parts at its Defiance factory, 285 people already laid off! Korea based Hyundai Ideal Electric laying off an additional 50 workers at their Mansfield factory. Local news sources say at one time Hyundai employed 5-hundred people, but are now down to just 40 employees!
Oregon: Oil-mining industry metal fabricator ESCO suddenly issued a shutdown WARN for its Portland factory, 168 people already jobless! The factory will shutdown by July 2017.
Pennsylvania: Allegheny Technologies officially shutdown two idled factories, local news media estimate that 475 employees are affected! Manitowoc Crane Group eliminated yet more jobs, this time 85 people became jobless without warning “… due to the continued downturn in the economy…”
Texas: Despite surviving bankruptcy Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company (TCEH) announced it will eliminate 658 jobs with its Luminant and TXU Energy operations! Alabama based Continental Motors shutting down their San Antonio aircraft parts factory, 50 jobs lost in time for Thanksgiving.
Virginia: Richmond based tobacco company Altria announced it will shutdown factories in Illinois and Pennsylvania, 580 jobs gone by 2018! What automotive industry recovery? Japan based Yokohama Tire eliminating 50 jobs at its Salem factory, in the name of efficiency.
Washington: Boeing eliminating 56 more jobs in Puget Sound, right before Xmas. Jorgensen Forge suddenly shutdown its Tukwila factory, 111 jobs gone!
Wisconsin: What automotive industry recovery? Harley-Davidson warning of yet more layoffs. No numbers given but the layoffs will take place around Xmas time. It’s blamed on non-stop crashing sales.
ObamaCare Destruction, October 2016: “CONCERNING & CERTAINLY SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC.”
Sears Kmart Destruction, October 2016: KMART MAKES SANTA’S NAUGHTY LIST, NO TOYS FOR XMAS!
U.S. Food Crisis, October 2016: “AN UNFORESEEN SLOWDOWN” DROWNING IN BEER & CHROMIUM-6?
U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, September 2016 :“SUSTAINED MARKET CHALLENGES”
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.”