In Ohio, 121 people losing their jobs at the Walgreens call center! Is it because of Obama/Romney care (2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)? Company officals did not comment to local news media, but the call center handles Medicare part B. Possibly because of changes made by Obama/Romney care the call center will be shut down in October! In Leetonia, Farmers National Bank also closing in October! Like many other banks doing the same thing, officials said it was because so many people have switched to internet banking they don’t need the brick and mortar spaces, or the employees. In East Liverpool, the Mezzanine Town Mall closing down. Shop owners are hoping to find new locations. The mall owner blamed it on a bad economy, saying business took “a real big drop” in 2011. He also blames city government for being nothing but money grubbers and not caring about business owners: “They seem to have a deaf ear on business.”-David Marshall
In Iowa, Grinnell Regional Medical Center laid off 41 employees. It’s blamed on state and federal government cuts to Medicare and Medicaid (2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).
Saint Vincent Health, in Indiana, laying off 865 people! Officials with the Christian hospital chain blamed Obamacare (2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).
Cengage Learning now bankrupt. The publisher of expensive textbooks has $5.8 billion USD in debt! Blame it on its recent take overs of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and National Geographic’s digital and print school publishing unit.
Downtown Lynchburg YMCA, Virginia, ended its preschool program. The YMCA blamed it on declining enrollments and the red tape of local and state government regulations.
In Kentucky, it was announced the Lexington Sears is being closed by the end of the year. 114 jobs lost! The owners of the Fayette Mall will turn the Sears space into smaller store spaces.
In South Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania, Nell’s Shurfine Market shut down. Company officials would not give a public explanation. An unnamed person familiar with the property said the store was not making enough money to justify its size, according to today’s grocery store standards.
Sun National Bank closed an office in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Bank officials say they need to “streamline operations”.
In New Mexico, Kmart announced it will close its 35 years old Sierra Vista Shopping Center, Albuquerque, store in September.
Nebraska based ConAgra Foods laid off 50 people in Saint Louis, Missouri. It’s blamed on their take over of food maker Ralcorp.
In Texas, Xerox downsizing their El Paso call center. 490 people laid off!
In West Virginia, business manager TelTech is closing their call center in September. Company officials blame it on crashing customer calls, caused by the bad economy. 260 people out-o-work! And what housing recovery? In Princeton, 104 years old Princeton Hardware shut down. The owner blamed it on the crashing local economy due to massive layoffs in the coal industry.
What oil industry boom? Oregon based railcar manufacturer, Greenbrier Companies, shutting down eight wheel, repair and parts shops! It’s blamed on its third quarter loss of $56 million! Company officials drastically misread the economy, thinking it had recovered they invested big time in their Mexico operations. Expected high sales of their petroleum tank cars, actually tanked!
In California, Quiksilver Americas warned of new layoffs which could affect 100 employees! Reports that CityGrid is laying off 130 employees! The Money Mailer laid off 111 people over the past few months! The coupon printer has outsourced at least half its Garden Grove jobs.
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.