Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
California: Software company, Smith Micro, laid off 80 employees. It’s blamed on $13.4 million USD loss for the first half of 2013! In Mountain View, Symantec laying off even more people. This time 75 people unemployed, company officials claim this is the last round of job cuts. In San Fransisco, Freeman’s Sporting Club closed. The owners of the clothing store had a fight. In Hillcrest, 30 years old City Delicatessen was sold off. The owners wanted to retire. What oil industry boom? Chevron laid off 394 people at their San Ramon operation! In Corona, Actavis laid off 14 people. El Camino Hospital laid off another 145 employees across two cities! The hospital chain began laying off employees in 2010. Company officials say the layoffs are their attempt to adjust to reduced government reimbursements.
Walden Media laid off most of its staff, according to some reports. The company finances children’s movies, like Chronicles Of Narnia. The company website states they have halted their intern program at their Los Angeles, California, office. Walden Media website said the company is “restructuring”.
Florida: In Bradenton, Creonix laid off 69 employees. The company was sold to Sparton Electronic Devices. In Fort Myers, military contractor Pall Aerospace laid off 255 people!
New York: The Interfaith Medical Center warned the bankruptcy court that they must close. 1554 people will be unemployed, just in time for Xmas! Federal and state government medicaid reimbursement reforms were the killing blow to the financially troubled religious based hospital in Brooklyn. Also in Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate Medical Center shut down. 1666 people laid off! An investigation into the state owned operation is underway. Also in Brooklyn, Bendiner & Schlesinger Medical Laboratories closed. 238 people unemployed! In Buffalo, Rural/Metro now bankrupt. The ambulance service operates in 22 states! Company officials blamed “reduce revenues” partly on reductions in reimbursement (health care reforms). In Woodstock, D.B. Hess ceased operations. 130 people out-o-work! In Dryden, Cornell University – Animal Science Teaching and Research Center shut down. 37 people unemployed. In Utica, Xerox Federal Government Solutions finally shut down. 149 people laid off! In New York City, Totsy closed. 83 people out-o-work. Also in New York City, CGM-GH Toy closed. 125 unemployed people! Also in New York City, Knights Capital Americas laid off 15 employees. Also in New York City, the Christian ArchCare closed their Kateri Residence nursing home. 555 jobs lost! In Silver Creek, Petri Baking Products shut down. 143 people laid off!
North Carolina: House of Raeford Farms turkey processor shut down in time for Thanksgiving. 1-thousand employees laid off! The company started operations in the 1950s. Company officials blame their demise on crashing demand for frozen turkeys.
Ohio: The popular 30 years old Red Squirrel restaurant is closing three of their stores around the Cincinnati area. The family owners said they were forced to close. 75 employees laid off.
South Carolina: Mining company, Joy Global, ceased operations in Belton. 77 people out-o-work. There are reports the company will be laying off hundreds of people across the U.S.
Virginia: In Charlottesville, the 37 years old Vinegar Hill Theater closed. The owners say they can’t compete against the big corporate theaters.
Washington: Haggen grocery stores closed in Bellevue and Shoreline. Company officials said that despite intensive remodeling of the stores, sales are no good.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.