Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

California:  New York based Corning issued a shutdown WARN for their Axygen Scientific Union City operations, 193 jobs lost by November!  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; in Aliso Viejo, video game maker Carbine Studios laying off 18 people in May.  And video game maker NC Interactive (NCsoft) already laid off 11 people.  Evil student loan debt collector Collection Tech shutting down their Monterey Park location and eliminating jobs in Rancho Cucamonga, 55 jobs gone by mid-May.  In Santa Monica, GMRI shutting down their Seasons 52 restaurant next month, 70 jobs lost.  The Yamashiro restaurant in Los Angeles shutting down by the end of May, 88 jobs lost.  In Camarillo, Alma Farms finally issued an official WARN revealing they shutdown back on 01 January, 73 jobs lost. Retailer Williams-Sonoma issued layoff WARNs for several Golden State locations, 77 jobs lost by mid-May.  Georgia-Pacific shutting down their San Leandro operations, 65 jobs gone by mid-May.

Connecticut:  The state Department of Administrative Services revealed that the average state employee has 177 hours of unused paid vacation time, money that will be owed them when the Malloy regime lays them off.  The Malloy regime is now working to find a ‘legal’ way to steal that vacation pay from the employees they want to layoff.  (and he’s considered Obama’s favorite governor! more reason to stop saving up your paid vacation days!)

Florida: In Tampa, Zenith Education revealed they laid off 123 people, last week! It’s part of their plan to consolidate operations.  It should be noted that Zenith Education Group was created in 2015 as a non-profit to accept students from the criminal and now defunct Corinthian Colleges, yet Zenith began laying off employees in the same year they were created!

Idaho: More fraud in The Gem State; a waiter at a restaurant (mostly likely a Christian going by U.S. Census Bureau data) in Ammon stole a customer’s credit card and went shopping at the Idaho Falls Home Depot.  It happened last month, the waiter managed to buy $740 USD worth of home improvement items before Idaho Falls police caught up with him.

Massachusetts: In the state of Boston Weak; a school for disabled boys was shutdown after the ‘christian’ (the school hosts the traditional Great Barrington Christmas Party) employees were arrested for abusing those students, and even threatening witnesses.  Eagleton School also had a contract with the state of Vermont, which is now scrambling to find a new school.  One student had his sternum broken: “Eagleton staff continue to place residents at risk by utilizing physical force and unwarranted restraint techniques to control emotionally and mentally disabled individuals.”-Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care

Michigan: In Saint Clair, after eight years Sweet Pea’s Yarn & Gifts shutting down: “There was a combination of factors, sales were down last year, but mostly, we’ve had a lot of family illness….”-Patty Armstrong

New York:  Macy’s shutdown three stores in the Eastern Hills Mall and McKinley Mall, 160 jobs lost!  Local news reports say only a dozen employees transferred to other Macy stores.  In Buffalo, after three years Butterwood Sweet & Savory restaurant suddenly shutdown and will be auctioned off in April.

Pennsylvania: In Philadelphia, after three years Fireside Camp Supply shutting down their brick-n-mortar store after 01 April, they’re shifting to internet sales only.

Texas: The remaining four franchised Blockbuster video stores in El Paso shutting down after 02 April: “We opened our first El Paso stores back in 1992. It’s been a great run, but over the past few years more and more people have changed how they watch movies.”-Alan Payne, owner

Virginia:  Washington County Adult Skill Center shutting down in June, people needing job training will have to go to Virginia Highlands Community College.  It was revealed that the plans to shutdown the skill center began seven years ago.  Due to increasing numbers of people losing their jobs the skill center was overwhelmed and needed larger facilities.

Wisconsin: The Menasha lock being shutdown permanently to prevent the spread of invasive species, local business owners say blocking ship traffic will force them to shutdown: “This is huge to have something like this happen. We’ve had a locks system since 1855 or somewhere around there, and it’s never been anything like this. Who would ever think a tiny 4-inch fish would do it?”-Diane Schabach, Menasha’s harbor master

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

26 March 2016: “we have given away every dollar.”

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.”

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Arizona: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; in Phoenix, internet medical check up scheduling service Zocdoc laid off 33 people and is consolidating its sales team to its NYC HQ.   Local news reports say its part of a larger plan by the high-tech industry to drastically cut back because they expect the economy to get much worse!

California: Martial Law as Chase Bank blocked a disabled San Francisco man access to his account because his service dog’s name is on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control list of possible terrorists!  The dog’s name is Dash, and the Chase Bank’s automatic online search program for possible terrorists linked it to the name Daesh (the incorrect ‘western’ news media created acronym for DAIISH-Islamic State-ISIS-ISIL, etc. DAIISH=DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH for al-SHam [al-Sham=Syria])!  11 months after going out of business Corinthian Colleges lost a lawsuit brought by the state.  They must now fork over $1.1-billion USD after being caught lying about employment placement after graduation, running ads for education programs that didn’t exist, illegal debt collections, and using U.S. Department of Defense promotional material without permission!   It’s also hoped that the thousands of students who were suddenly dropped will get some restitution to help them pay back their student loans (individuals can’t claim bankruptcy protect against student loans, yet the school was about to file bankruptcy to protect its own ass).

Connecticut: Gov’na Malloy shutting down two nursing homes,  Ella T. Grasso Center and the Meriden Center, 171 jobs lost by June!  At least 40 aging and disabled residents kicked to the curb!  Gov’na Malloy claims the shutdowns will actually help the state ‘care’ for more people!

Florida: In Gulf Breeze, God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ more than 60 years old WaterFront Rescue Mission for women, and consolidate ‘his’ men’s shelters, and sell off ‘his’ Olive Road Career Development Center and lay off 20 paid staff.  The homeless shelter funded itself mainly with recycling projects, but because of the crash in prices of recycled goods they’re now broke: “We’ve been in the business of trying to help people, so we have given away every dollar.”-Devin Simmons

“Yeshua [Jesus of Nazareth] said to him, ‘Foxes have lairs and birds of the sky have shelters, but The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’”-Matthew 8:20, Aramaic Bible

Local news media pointed out that most homeless shelters are packed to capacity with homeless people with disabilities, mental problems or addictions, and as a result the growing number of healthy and employed, yet homeless, people (mainly women) are being kicked to the curb: “We just don’t have the beds available for women who don’t have a substance abuse problem or mental health.”-John Johnson, EscaRosa Coalition

In Jacksonville, after eight years O’Brothers Irish Pub shutting down tomorrow: “I tell people that restaurants are like martinis: One isn’t enough and two is too many. We’re going back to one. It’s time to slow down.”-Drew Cavins, co-owner

Idaho:  Right to Work ‘elected christian lawmakers’ have killed the bill to expand healthcare coverage to those in The Gap, proving they’re evil sadistic genocidal maniacs!  I’ve reported how the director of an east Idaho hospital directly blames Idaho’s version of ObamaCare for killing at least 1-thousand Idahoans, due to The Gap!

Illinois:  Missouri based coal company Peabody Energy has essentially told Illinois taxpayers to ‘fuck off’!  That’s in response to state administrators asking Peabody how it would pay the estimated $92-million USD to clean up its shutdown mining operations.  Reports say the world’s largest privately held coal company Peabody Energy is about to go chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  After making a fool of themselves and telling readers that the Lake Zurich Sports Authority was not shutting down, local news media now eating their words as the Lake Zurich Sports Authority announced it is shutting down. It’s blamed on the recent Sports Authority bankruptcy, a corporate rep said they cannot pay the rent.

Indiana: Indianapolis based sports shoe store Finish Line revealed it has shutdown 54 stores and will continue until they’ve shuttered 150 stores across the U.S.! It’s because the athletic apparel industry expects the economy to get worse! Finish Line administrators also blame supply chain problems for its 3rd quarter loss of $21.8-million USD.

Montana: In the city of Billings there’s a growing number of residents who are employed, but now homeless! 

New York:  Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples shutting down one of its two Binghamton stores by mid-April.

North Carolina: In Beaufort County, after 18 years the Golden Corral suddenly shutdown on Friday, rented Uhaul trucks were carting away the contents of the restaurant.  Local news media said there was no explanation from the corporate office.

Virginia: Martin’s shutting down three grocery stores by Summer, they are not part of the shutdowns due to the merger of Giant Food and Food Lion, but are the result of a decision back in 2015.  Another ten Martin’s stores in Virginia will be sold off as part of the merger!  Hundreds of jobs lost! In Lynchburg, after two years art co-op 5th Street Art House shutting down, the owner is “moving on”.

Washington: In Spokane, after almost 60 years Williams Seafood suddenly shutdown on Saturday.  The owner blames increasingly low quality of imported seafood and damage from a windstorm back in November.   More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; Rosetta Stone owned Seattle based critically acclaimed internet language service Livemocha shutting down by mid-April.

Washington DC: CityBikes shutdown their five years old store on 8th Street SE on Sunday, due to jacked up rent.  However, the store owners are opening a new ElectricCityBikes in an abandoned VW dealership.  Popular bar, known for its model planes and Starship Enterprise, Millie & Al’s shutting down in April, the property was sold.

Wyoming: More of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs (REL); local TV news KCWY reported that the massive oil and coal industry shutdowns and layoffs are having Ripple Effect on the overall state economy.  Truck stops/convenience stores and local manufacturers of specialty oil field trucks all reporting a crash in sales: “Right now, I think it could be said were probably at about 50% of what we were last year this time.”-Rick McFall, Ameri-Tech Equipment

“Over the last year we have seen a steady decline so just month to month it gets a little worse, a little worse.”-Tiffany Mortimer, business advisor

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

24-25 March 2016: “Catastrophic!” 

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.”

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

A warning for people who shop for food in grocery stores: U.S. employee unions are warning that the 2015 Giant Food (based in Netherlands) and Food Lion (based in Belgium) merger will result in the sell-off or shutdown of at least eight Giant and Martin’s grocery stores in Maryland and Virginia!  The sell-off is the result of U.S. anti-trust laws (the same reason Albertsons-Safeway used to trick now bankrupt-dead Haggen into buying 130 failing stores).

The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes dropped 7.1% in February.

Idaho: In Garden City, after 40 years The Gem State’s largest horse racing op Les Bois Park suddenly shutdown. It’s the latest victim of a recent decision by A-hole Christian regulators declaring ‘instant horse racing’ machines to be “unconstitutional”! Boise State University conducted an economic study which concluded that Les Bois Park alone generated $50-million USD for Ada County, and provided 536 jobs, all lost now!  The Idaho Horse Council says there will be a domino effect across Idaho’s equine economy: “It’s the feed, the hotels, the traveling, eating… it’s just a trickledown effect. Horses are going to be shipped out of state and that’s income Idaho doesn’t get. That’s devastating for our horse economy.”-Myron Amsden

Indiana: In Mishawaka, Cinemark Six shutting down their dollar movie theater this Thursday.  Local news reports say it’s been for sale for some time, apparently nobody is interested in buying it.

Michigan: Jackson based CMS Energy (aka Consumers Energy) reported they are on track to shutdown seven coal fired electricity power plants, by the end of Spring.  Administrators claim their natural gas fired plant can replace the seven coal fired plants, but they didn’t say what’s going to happen to all those employees.

New Jersey: In Swedesboro, Netherlands based potato starch supplier Royal Ingredients issued a WARN, 80 jobs lost by mid-May.

New York:  In Cohoes, after 26 years Tables Chairs and More shutting down so the owner can retire, blaming the bad economy: “…the overall business conditions aren’t the best, and I don’t think that there has ever been a real full recovery from the recession in 2008, and it’s become more of a struggle.”-Fred Turcotte

North Carolina:  In Durham, after five years G2B Brewery & Restaurant shutting down.  Despite being critically acclaimed they never generated enough sales to pay their expenses.  In Chapel Hill, after six years upscale restaurant One shutting down after the third set of lead chefs (since opening) decided to leave.

Oklahoma: In Tulsa, after 36 years God powerless to stop ‘christian’ education supply store The Apple Tree from shutting down by the end of May, blaming the lack of economic recovery (proving once again the real ‘god’ is money): “…. the sustainability of a small business in an economy in distress and an industry….has become increasingly difficult to remain competitive…” 

Pennsylvania: ‘Life sciences’ drugs maker Morphotek laid off 27 people. What construction industry recovery? Plumbing parts maker Zurn issued a shutdown WARN for their Erie HQ, no layoff numbers made public.  Zurn is moving their HQ to Wisconsin between May and August.  Zurn administrators claim that Wisconsin is the land of “global water industry leaders”, so that’s where the business is.

West Virginia: In Huntington, after 70 years Glaser Furniture shutting down by April.  The owners say their adult children are not interested in carrying on the family business.

Wyoming: After 14 years community owned clothing co-op Powell Mercantile shutting down, blaming locals for buying on the internet or traveling all the way to Billings to do their shopping.  Apparently the co-op is shifting to stores that offer products not easily found elsewhere.  Casper County wants $5-million USD in state taxpayer funding to shutdown their trash dump! And they say that’ll cover only half the costs to shutdown Horsethief Canyon Landfill! Of course the state ordered the shutdown, due to leaking toxic materials.  This is a fine example of how taxpayers are royally screwed over by ‘their’ system.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Colorado: Employment administrators with The Centennial State admit they ignore federal unemployment laws: “We have no enforcement authority. We can’t call companies and say we’re hearing about layoffs.”-Bill Thoennes, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, who says people screwed over by their employers are told to hire their own lawyer (hey, that happened to me and a dozen of my co-workers here in the Right to Work [you over] state of Idaho, back in 2012)

Connecticut: Xpect Discounts announced it will exodus The Constitution State, shutting down all remaining four of its stores and laying off more than 1-hundred people, by the end of the month! At one time they had seven stores in-state.    Evil Too Big to Jail British empire taxpayer owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) issued several layoff WARNs, 37 people in Stamford losing their jobs between now and May.  West Hartford Walmart shutting down mid-April, 111 jobs lost! Back in August 2015, laser maker Lumentum announced it will shutdown their Bloomfield factory. Now they’ve revealed how many jobs will be killed; 231 by October!  Georgia based cardboard box maker WestRock shutdown their Uncasville factory, 87 jobs lost this past Wednesday.  Germany based Siemens Healthcare shutting down their Brookfield diagnostics ops, at least 236 jobs lost by March 2018!  Retailer Macy’s shutting down their Enfield store, 104 jobs lost by the end of the month!  Hallmark Cards shutting down their Enfield warehouse-distribution operation, 553 jobs gone by Summer!

Florida: In Center Hill, Central Beef issued a WARN, 214 jobs being eliminated between now and the end of May!  For nearly a decade the meat packager was dumping water contaminated with salt and feces onto a rancher’s property. It took the rancher filing several court actions, and a plant manager turning whistleblower, to get any of the state and federal government agencies to act!  The dumping was stopped, however, criminal charges against the food company were eventually dropped.  So far there’s no explanation for the mass layoffs.

Idaho: Is ObamaCare at fault for the shooting death of a 60 years old man in the parking lot of an Idaho Falls hospital?  It happened today, in the parking lot of the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC), police are investigating the true cause of the shooting.  It was just a few months ago that the director of EIRMC testified to Failed State ‘lawmakers’ that their version of ObamaCare was directly responsible for the deaths of at least 1-thousand Idahoans!  And just yesterday Idaho senator Dan Schmidt gave back his state taxpayer funded health plan to protest republicans’ continued refusal to close the ObamaCare gap responsible for such deaths. 

Illinois: After 152 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) law firm Schiff Hardin laid off 11 lawyers, and back in January 22 left voluntarily.  Administrators are now blaming its “realignment” on the 22 who voluntarily left.  In Niles, Meijer department store shutting down in June, no word on how many employees will become unemployed.  There was no explanation for the shutdown either, although Meijer recently used the excuse of age to shutdown their huge Columbus, Ohio, store.

Maine: In Portland, after 40 years Paul’s Food Center shutting down, and being sold-off due to the death of the owner.

Massachusetts: Rockland Trust has taken over Bank of Cape Cod and as a result will shutdown all Bank of Cape Cod offices that are located near Rockland Trust offices.  Administrators claim they will try to find jobs for the soon to be former Bank of Cape Cod employees.

New York: Harlem Hand Carwash issued a shutdown WARN for their NYC ops on Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard, due to “non renewal of the lease”, 34 jobs lost by the end of the month.  Also in totally corrupt NYC, a non-profit (sure) political organization connected to the current mayor shutdown.  Campaign for One New York had been accused of operating as a ‘shadow government’, and official investigation requests have been filed.  So called ‘mayor’ de Blassio would only comment “The work is done….bottom line.”  In Buffalo, the Blue Monk beer church (just kidding) shutting down sometime between April and May.  A co-owner of the brew-pub says his partner is also the landlord’s son, and they no longer get along!

Oregon: Washington based Starbucks coffee rip-off artist suddenly shutting down their Lancaster Mall shop this weekend.  The press release gave no explanation why, and local news sources said even the employees refused to talk!

Pennsylvania: Another fine example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs (REL). Pittsburgh based US Steel issued mass layoff WARNs in Alabama and Texas saying at least 8-hundred people will become unemployed! It’s blamed on crashing orders for oil pipe from the oil industry.

Rhode Island: The evil state is finally shutting down a nursing home after years of multiple accusations of abuse, and even a death of a disabled resident!  The taxpayer funded College Park Apartments will shutdown next week.

Virginia: Just a few of days after announcing the end of 530 jobs,  British empire based-U.S. tax sucking BAE reduced those layoffs to 265 shipyard jobs gone by the end of the month! Administrators credit new contracts for work, but warn they’re only good ’till May, meaning more possible layoffs.  BAE also laid off 345 employees in November and December last year.  What automotive industry recovery?  In Altavista, bearing maker Timken shutting down their factory, 125 jobs lost by Spring 2017! Just like the rest of corporate America, Ohio based Timken is consolidating operations: “Everybody here works up there at Timken. It’s just the life of a small industrial town… If the plant goes out this town will dry up!”-Corrie Thacker, Altavista resident

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

16 March 2016: “Shame on us!”

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.”

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alabama: In Huntsville, Haysland Square Shopping Center losing two stores in one blow; Goody’s and Burkes Outlet, between now and the end of April.

California:  Premium Transportation-Total Transportation Services claiming chapter 11 bankruptcy after losing lawsuit brought by its contracted drivers, and blaming “downward pricing pressure from some of its major clients”.  The trucking company is also facing other lawsuits and claims to have lost $4-million USD fighting recent court actions (this is a lesson in why you should treat your employees and clients with respect), they also spent a lot of money on hydrogen powered trucks.   After 18 years the Lafayette Art Gallery shutting down due to sales so low they can’t pay their rent.   Office Depot shutting down their Pleasant Hill store in April, directly blaming “The overlapping retail footprint created by the merger of Office Depot and OfficeMax in 2013…” In El Segundo, after ten years restaurant Farm Stand shutting down next week.  The owners hope to open a new restaurant with new partners somewhere in Los Angeles, sometime next year.

Connecticut:  Expect mass hospital layoffs as gov’na Malloy is refusing to issue $140-million USD in payments to state hospitals!  To show you how much The Constitution State is a Failed State, republican ‘lawmakers’ claim they’re willing to cut their own pay by 10% in order to get a budget passed!  In Derby, a 15 years old Walmart is shutting down by the end of July, 150 jobs lost!

Idaho: In Boise, after only four months the brand new Boise Co-op grocery store located at The Village at Meridian laid off 29 employees, due to lack of sales!  Boise Co-op opened the store in November 2015, expecting big sales because Maureen Valko, Boise Co-op marketing manager, assumed there was a demand for their products saying  “There’s a demand for a good, natural food store on this side of town….”  It should be noted that in 2015 Boise Co-op was hit with numerous health code violations by city inspectors, in connection to a June 2015 salmonella outbreak at an older store.  So much for ‘natural foods’.  Also in Boise, it was revealed that Idaho Heritage Inn was sold-off last month, the former owner blames a 20% crash in bookings on Airbnb.com.  However, it should be noted that the bed-n-breakfast owner accepted a healthy offer from Saint Luke’s Medical Center for the land.  And just how addicted to Mexican money is Idaho?  Recently Mexico’s Minister of Trade Armando Orellana died.  Idaho’s government and agriculture industry are officially mourning Orellana as he’s credited for making Idaho a major ag partner for Mexico, generating $191-million USD in sales for Idaho’s minority (mainly corporate owned now) farmers-ranchers, just in 2015:  “Idaho agriculture lost a great friend. He touched many lives over the years and the tragic loss of Armando will be felt throughout Idaho.”-Celia Gould, Idaho Department of Agriculture   (Idaho even has its own website promoting itself in Mexico)

Kansas:  Parsons based oil industry Tank Connection Affiliate Group revealed it conducted two rounds of layoffs, but still refuses to say how many people lost their jobs.  We will never know, because people who get severance when they’re laid off are not counted in the government’s ‘official’ unemployment reports.

Kentucky: Yet more of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs (REL) as Florida based rail transporter CSX eliminating more jobs, this time an additional 101 Russell facility workers being let go.  CSX has been eliminating jobs since 2015, blaming the oil industry.

Maine: Penobscot Valley Hospital eliminating 10 jobs due to crashing revenues.  Administrators say the hospital has been losing money since 2012 due to declining local population.

Massachusetts: In Needham, after 18 years Cowlicks Deli suddenly shutdown last Thursday.  It’s due to the new landlord refusing to renew the lease.  The new landlord is convenience store chain 7-Eleven.

Michigan: In Lansing, violence being blamed for the shutdown of Fahrenheit Ultra Lounge.  The owner is voluntarily shutting it down after police responded to 60 calls of violence in 2015.  Is there something in the water? (there is a connection between lead poisoning and violent behavior)  And speaking of health, Blue Cross Blue Shield eliminated 22 IT jobs, as part of their bigger plan to eliminate $300-million USD in Michigan jobs by 2018, no thanks to ObamaCare!  Farmington Public Schools approved the shutdown/repurposing of three schools. The school district has lost 12% of its student population since 2000, causing an $11-million USD reduction in taxpayer funding.

New Jersey: Proof of no recovery four years after Hurricane Sandy, in fact many coastal communities are officially Failed States as taxes were jacked up and nothing was done to return things to ‘normal’.  The biggest proof is that tax revenues are down despite tax rates being jacked up.

Pennsylvania: Iconic Meadville based hand-tool maker Channellock laid off 15 managers, “In order to remain competitive….”  J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital eliminated 11 jobs, and is being forced by ObamaCare to eliminate inpatient care and focus on outpatient services.  Brockie Internal Medicine, Pine Grove Adult Medicine and Saint Charles Internal Medicine all shutting down! ObamaCare forcing them to be consolidated into one operation called WellSpan Internal Medicine, with a lot fewer employees.

Tennessee: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Texas owned Saint Francis Hospital from laying off 33 people. Administrators said ObamaCare was forcing them to do business “more efficiently.”

Texas:  Albertsons-Safeway shutting down their Plano Albertsons on Custer Road.  Local news reports say Albertsons-Safeway is not responding to inquiries, but unnamed employees say the grocery store will shutdown by the end of April.  In Longview, blaming the oil industry Trinity Tank Car announced that 6-hundred local employees will become unemployed with “no expectation of recall”!

Washington: Xerox notified 325 call center employees they are about to lose their jobs!  The call center in Redmond will shutdown in May.

Washington DC: President Barack Obama reneged on yet another ‘promise’ refusing to lease oil drilling rights in the Artic and off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.  Don’t go praising (or condemning) environmental wackos, point the finger at the U.S. Department of Defense.  The DoD objects to the oil drilling locations because they would interfere with “live training events” for the military.   (low oil prices might also have something to do with it)  Taxpayer funded United Medical Center eliminating 112 jobs as a result of demands by city administrators to reduce costs by $10-million!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

15 March 2016: “I never thought it would end!”

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.”

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alaska: British Petroleum (BP) eliminating at least 84 oil jobs as it reduces Prudhoe Bay rig count from five to two by Summer.  Oil industry BS has caused Alaska to have the second worst unemployment rate in the country; 6.6%.  Remember, unemployed people who get severance are not counted in the unemployment numbers, and most unemployed people who worked for non-profits (especially those run by religions) are not counted in the unemployment numbers.

California:  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high tech for your demise; Sebastopol based Safari Books Online has laid off an undisclosed number of employees, including the CEO!  The layoffs were revealed by the former CEO.  The company, which does business on the internet, is consolidating operations.

Connecticut: Gov’na Dannel P. Malloy formally notified 45-thousand 7-hundred taxpayer funded employees of pending layoffs!

Delaware: Delaware State University eliminating 23 programs, claiming lack of student participation.  Administrators also claim no jobs will be lost.

Florida:  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high tech for your demise; global electronic payment company First Data finally notified state employment administrators that it shutdown their Maitland office and laid off at least 129 people, last year!  The late layoff notice could be because until October of 2015 it was a privately held company not subject to WARN rules.

Idaho: More twisty money scandals in the ‘Christian’ dominated Gem State, this time involving the Palouse Ice Rink-Happiest Place on the Palouse.  A former accountant has been convicted of ripping off the Latah County operation of $34-thousand USD in 2015. She gets 60 days in jail and 14 years of probation for writing company checks to herself.  However, it should be pointed out that her former boss apparently signed the checks, which he denied in court.  It gets more complicated because in her defense she said he was paying her back for unpaid overtime, and even rent on her home!  The former boss refused to deny that he had granted the accountant special ‘privileges’.  It should also be noted that once the ‘unauthorized’ check writing was discovered by administrators the accountant’s boss and “Everybody else was fired.”   

Illinois:  If you’ve been following my Job Losses reports then it should be no surprise that Illinois now has one of the worst employment numbers in the U.S. of A., 6.3% compared to the national average of 4.9%.  Remember, unemployed people who get severance are not counted in the unemployment numbers, and most unemployed people who worked for non-profits (especially those run by religions) are not counted in the unemployment numbers.

Massachusetts: Too Big to Jail Boston Weak based money changer in the temple State Street Corporation just added 252 employees to their previously announced 6-hundred layoffs, for a total of 852 jobs lost as part of their current cost cutting ops!  Administrators warned more job cuts could occur.

Minnesota: In Saint Paul, after 38 years Bonnie’s Cafe being shutdown by the greedy landlord who refused to renew the lease: “We were never offered to renew the lease……I never thought it would end!”-Becky Moosbrugger

Mississippi: The Magnolia State currently has the worst unemployment rate at 6.9%.  Remember, unemployed people who get severance are not counted in the unemployment numbers, and most unemployed people who worked for non-profits (especially those run by religions) are not counted in the unemployment numbers.

Nebraska: In Lincoln, after 34 years consignment shop Fashion II shutting down.  Unlike other brick-n-mortar operators the owner is not blaming the internet, but blames increasing competition from other brick-n-mortar operations!

Nevada: In Mesquite, the Redd Hills Cinema shutdown today, no explanation.

New Jersey: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Mother Teresa Regional School in Atlantic Highlands, 24 jobs lost by the end of June.

New Mexico: Tied with the country’s capitol unemployment rate of 6.5%.  Remember, unemployed people who get severance are not counted in the unemployment numbers, and most unemployed people who worked for non-profits (especially those run by religions) are not counted in the unemployment numbers.  In Santa Fe, iconic Santa Fe Baking Company and Cafe shutdown this morning without warning due to “new ownership”.  Loyal customer Kerth Lundell bemoaned “I came for a breakfast burrito…This is the go-to place….”  A local radio host who does her morning shows from the restaurant, Mary-Charlotte Domandi, is pissed: “I have no idea what is going on. My equipment is still in there!”   

New York: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high tech for your demise; global electronic payment company First Data shutting down their Melville data processing center, 641 jobs lost between now and December 2017!  That Which Cannot Be Named powerless stop the shutdown of ‘its’ Rosenthal Jewish Community Center of Northern Westchester, 72 jobs lost by the end of June.  In Cicero, Burlington (Coat Factory) suddenly shutdown their 23 years old Driver’s Village/Penn Can Mall store, no warning or explanation, but is probably related to the death of the entire mall!  In SoHo, pub Puck Fair shutting down due to the property owner tearing down the building.   British empire owned Chartwells lost their food service contract with Nazareth College, 90 jobs lost by May (Chartwells is owned by British empire Compass Group, which runs food ops for the military and prisons, and owns other food servers that’ve been involved in scandals such as lying about meat product ingredients in Europe and underpaying U.S. employees!).  Iconic U.S. cosmetics seller Avon not only joining the mass exodus from The Empire State, but fleeing the United States as well!  2-thousand 5-hundred U.S. jobs lost as Avon execs move their NYC headquarters to the British empire country of United Kingdom!

North Carolina: In Raleigh, after four years ‘night life’ joint and former restaurant Zinda shutting down this weekend, no explanation.

North Dakota: God powerless to stop ObamaCare from forcing ‘his’ Saint Alexius Health hospital to layoff 23 people and re-classify another 39.    Inpatient rehab and child care services have been shutdown!  They referred to ObamaCare as “Industry trends and other circumstances”.

Ohio: Meijer shutting down their big Columbus store, 250 jobs threatened by Summer!  Administrators claim the building needs upgrades which are too expensive to justify (this has become a common excuse across the retail sector).  News reports say the building is being torn down.

Oklahoma: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high tech for your demise; Switzerland based oil industry automation tech supplier ABB Totalflow laid off 13 people in Bartlesville.

Oregon: Mary’s River Lumber shutdown yesterday, no warning, but blaming lack of trees: “After 42 years in the cedar lumber business, Mary’s River Lumber Company has made the very difficult decision to cease its operations effective March 14, 2016. Unfortunately, the extremely limited availability of suitable cedar logs has led us to this point….”-Brad D. Kirkbride, president

Pennsylvania:  Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has taken credit for the destruction of the U.S. coal industry saying “We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.”    And on que Blaschak Coal announced it’ll layoff 27 employees this Friday.  Local news reports say Blaschak has been conducting layoffs since 2013.

South Carolina: Pickens County School Board approved the shutdown of two elementary schools due to lack of taxpayer funding.  Obviously uneducated taxpayers protested the decision. If you can’t generate the tax revenues you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Texas: Popular ‘free’ but privately owned park operations at the retail pavilion The Beach at The Village at Fairview shutdown, to be replaced by a hotel.  Those who’ve been using the privately owned parks (playgrounds, water fountain, dog park) for free filed an injunction.

Virginia: British empire based-U.S. tax sucking BAE issued a mass layoff WARN at the Norfolk shipyards. Another 530 jobs gone by this Friday!  BAE laid off 345 employees in November and December last year.

Washington DC: Unemployment rate of 6.5%.  Remember, unemployed people who get severance are not counted in the unemployment numbers, and most unemployed people who worked for non-profits (especially those run by religions) are not counted in the unemployment numbers.  Restaurant GDB (Golden Brown Delicious) shutdown suddenly.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”