The Christian God can’t stop the non-profit Bethesda Lutheran Communities from shutting down their nursing home in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 2014. 205 employees affected! It’s blamed on declining customers and Obamacare. Plexus laid off another 35 employees. The electronic manufacturing services provider said only that it was a workforce adjustment. Last year Plexus laid off at least 116 employees, after announcing it would spend $50 million USD on a new factory! The Ball Metal Beverage Container company laid off 72 people in Milwaukee.
In North Carolina, after 45 years of operation The Health Adventure shut down in Asheville. Officials with the child health service blamed the property owner and government funding cuts: “Our closure has been caused by the redevelopment of the Biltmore Square Mall and their decision to not let us continue to operate in the new outlet center…..Additionally, we recently learned that in July, we will be losing 40 percent of our funding from the State of North Carolina.”
In Michigan, the Elmwood Geriatric Village in Detroit shut down. 98 jobs lost. 54 people lost their jobs at the Genesee Area Skill Center. The Genesee Intermediate School District terminated its contract with Flint School District to operate the skill center after reports of improper spending of more than $7 million from a county tax levy.
IT and business process services provider, CGI Federal, laid off 88 employees in South Carolina. It was revealed in a mandatory notice to the state/federal government, but company officials refused to tell local news media the reason for the layoffs. The federal WARN system does not require companies to give a detailed explanation why they’re killing jobs.
Another round of Caterpillar layoffs hit Illinois. So far 800 people have lost their jobs since May! Caterpillar blames it on crashing heavy mining equipment sales.
What automotive industry recovery? In Alabama, Benteler Automotive shutting down its Opelika auto parts factory. 121 employees to lose their jobs! Production being shifted to North Carolina and Mexico. In Huntsville, after more than 30 years Finnegan’s Pub closed. The owner sold the property, employees told local news media that it was news to them!
Belle Foods shut down 12 of their Food World grocery stores in Alabama and Florida, and one Piggly Wiggly in Georgia! Hundreds of people out-o-work! The company went bankrupt and has to sell off assets to pay off bankruptcy court ordered $42 million in debt.
Book and gift store, Domy Books, shut down in Houston, Texas. It follows the closing of Domy Books in Austin. Zaza’s Italian Restaurant in Tyler, closed.
In Georgia, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Turner Job Corps Center laying off an undisclosed amount of teachers. It’s being blamed on federal government’s reduction in funding for students. Last year 930 students were allowed to take the course, this year it’s been reduced to 732.
Bangor Daily News shut down its printing press in Hampden, Maine. 27 jobs lost. Newspaper printing being outsourced.
In Massachusetts, the Fitcorp fitness center in Boston shut down. It’s blamed on the take over by Town Sports International.
Men’s clothing store, The Blackbird, closed in Washington. The owner says she will focus on wholesale only.
In California, pay TV and streaming video servicer Entropic laid off 70 employees. Company officials said the job losses are necessary to maintain “long-term profitable growth”. Evil British empire BAE Systems-San Diego Ship Repair laid off 302 employees!