Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Alaska: Washington based Great Pacific Seafoods shutdown all its Alaska operations then declared bankruptcy, blaming it on Russia and Too Big to Jail U.S. banks: “We believe we have no other choice given the financial performance we experienced last year… …Without a line of credit, we did not have access to sufficient working capital to begin the season.”-company statement referring to the sanctions Russia placed against U.S. food producers, Russia recently extended those sanctions, U.S. currency war with Japan is also blamed
California: Insurance company UnitedHealth announced it will get the hell outta the Covered California ObamaCare insurance program by the end of the year, explaining that “The smaller overall market size and shorter term, higher-risk profile within this market segment continue to suggest we cannot broadly serve it on an effective and sustained basis.” In Oceanside, Kabler Construction laying off 67 people by the end of June. 
After nine years Texas based convenience store operator CST California Stations (aka CST Brands) is now dead, 537 jobs across a dozen Golden State locations gone by July (administrators blame low gas prices)! Jamba Juice issued a shutdown WARN for their Emeryville HQ, 103 jobs gone by Xmas as the juice franchise moves its HQ to Texas! More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; internet seller of ‘healthy’ foods Thrive Market issued a shutdown WARN for their operations in the city of Commerce, 98 jobs gone by mid-July. The revelation comes after Forbes revealed a history of internet failures by Thrive Market’s executives, and emotional weakness. At the joint civil-military airbase called Moffett Field, taxsucking government contractor Jacobs Technology laying off 55 people by the end of June.
Connecticut: British empire based food service company Chartwells issued a WARN for their Newtown Compass Group operations, 40 jobs gone by the end of June. Hallmark Cards issued a shutdown WARN for their 64 years old Enfield distribution operations, as many as 570 jobs gone by the end of August! Since 2015 Hallmark has threatened to shutdown the warehouse, as part of their plans to consolidated operations to Missouri.
Florida: Child Development Services shutting down their Ocala operations, 272 jobs gone by the end of June!
Indiana: Food chemical company Vertellus Specialties now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and selling assets to pay the debts. Administrators blame “macroeconomic challenges facing our Agriculture and Nutrition business”.
Massachusetts: After surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions Haberman Hardware shutting down, calling it retirement.
Michigan: The Pugsley state prison shutting down in September, as part of state ‘lawmakers’ plans to save $22-million USD.
Minnesota: In Rochester two Papa John’s pizza take outs suddenly shutdown. The owner could not afford the latest tech upgrades and pay the new higher minimum wages, so he tried to sell the businesses but nobody wanted to buy.
New York: Iconic film maker Kodak ramped up its layoffs, at least 27 people being laid off between now and August. In Brooklyn, god powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services from shutting down their Outreach & Integration Program, by the end of August. What automotive industry recovery? General Motors (GM) suddenly terminated their janitor services contract at their Tonawanda engine factory, at least 47 jobs gone by the end of June. State employment administrators are labeling it a “plant closing”.
Texas: Plano based Pizza Hut (owned by Yum!) revealed its been using chemicals and antibiotics to keep its food ‘fresh’. Pizza Hut administrators claim they will stop using butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) or butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) by the end of July, and stop using chicken processed with antibiotics by March 2017. More and more studies are coming out saying the use of such ‘preservatives’ are actually creating ‘superbugs’ like the new E.coli that cannot be killed with anything.
Wisconsin: In Brookfield, Hom Wood Fired Grill suddenly shutdown. The owners say because of “changing times” they will focus on their other restaurants.
28-29 May 2016: “This is a scary thing”
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.”