Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: More proof tech isn’t recession resistant, NetApp announced it will kill-off 5-hundred jobs, blaming crashing revenues!  Now add to that the announcement by Palo Alto based Hewlett Packard (HP) that they must eliminate far more than their amended plan of 55-thousand jobs, by October!!!  They’ve already eliminated 51-thousand 9-hundred jobs since 2012!  Administrators say even more jobs will be eliminated after October, when HP will be split into two companies!  News reports say the surprise shutdown of Ohio based government paper supplier Sekuworks (see Ohio below) has resulted in no issuing of official documents, like birth certificates, in The Golden State!    It’s estimated that the drought will kill-off $2.75-billion USD in 2015 revenues for the huge California ag industry! Thousands of agriculture jobs lost!  In Petaluma, after eight years the Come Home to Cooking School forced to shutdown by A-hole city administrators who refuse to renew the license to operate!

Colorado: Evil oil industry service company Haliburton eliminating “dozens” of jobs in Grand Junction.  One employee is pissed saying “…nine years and they can’t even tell me face-to-face what’s going on!”  His wife lamented “They’re getting rid of family men and I’m scared! I am about ready to have a baby and I don’t know what we are going to do about insurance!”

Connecticut: Too Big to Jail British empire owned RBS Securities announced it will layoff 50 people in Stamford. Local news reports say RBS Securities has eliminated 550 Stamford jobs since 2013!  University of Connecticut is laying off employees, reports say about 50.

Delaware: Chemours, a chemical company founded in July 2015, is already killing off 330 jobs in Edge Moor (also spelled Edgemoor)!  They’re shutting down the old DuPont titanium dioxide factory.  One employee told local news media that his coworkers are scrambling to figure out what they’re going to do.

Idaho: The city council of Chubbuck has put the kibosh on the dynastic mayor’s desire to give himself a 45% pay raise!  However, the council did agree to give the mayor, and themselves, a pay raise in 2017.  I hope it’s because they know the local economic situation is going to be much improved by then.

Kentucky: Tennessee based paper company Verso Corporation announced they will eliminate 310 jobs as they shutdown their Wickliffe paper mill!  It’s blamed on crashing paper sales and a strong USD.

Louisiana: California based oil company Chevron has begun laying off an undisclosed number of employees at its Covington office.  It could be in the hundreds.

Maine: Tennessee based paper company Verso Corporation announced they will eliminate 3-hundred jobs at their Androscoggin paper mill!  The layoffs will leave 5-hundred employees at the mill, compare that to 1987 when the Androscoggin Mill employed 1-thousand 4-hundred people!

Massachusetts: In Lowell, after 125 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) wholesaler A.H. Notini & Sons shutdown. It was sold-off to a competitor in Maine.

Michigan: Flint School District eliminated an additional 26 jobs, blaming a 10% drop in enrollment. Bagger Dave’s restaurants shutdown in Grandville and Holland, no warning or explanation given.  In Kimball, M&R Surplus shutting down in time for Thanksgiving, after 44 years of selling military gear.  After surviving the Great (deflationary) Depression Sunnybrook Golf & Bowling shutting down.  The land is rumored to have been sold-off.

Mississippi: The city of Jackson has warned that in order to meet their new budget without raising taxes they must layoff employees, impose a hiring freeze and cut pay for all city employees including the mayor and city council.

Nevada: ObamaCare is the final nail in the coffin for Nye Regional Medical Center in Tonopah.  The hospital went bankrupt in 2013 and never recovered, even with taxpayer assistance. News reports say there is only one doctor in town and the nearest hospital is more than an hours drive away.

New York: Barcomb’s Furniture shutting down their Champlain store.  The owner admitted that sales have been declining since the 1990s.  Major news media outlet Thomson Reuters joining the mass exodus by issuing a shutdown WARN for their Valhalla Tax & Accounting Customer Service and Financial Operations, 37 jobs lost between now and March 2016.  Unnamed sources say major news outlet Bloomberg is about to eliminate 1-hundred NYC jobs! It’s blamed on the return of elitist Michael Rubens Bloomberg.  The U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement has canceled their contract with The New York Foundling-Casa de Paz migrant children housing program.  33 jobs lost by September.

Ohio: Harrison based commercial paper-printer Sekuworks has gone bust, shutting down without warning.  Not only are hundreds of jobs lost, but several U.S. states are now struggling to find a new supplier for official state documents, as Sekuworks was apparently the only one who could perform Intaglio printing!

Pennsylvania:  British empire U.S. tax-sucker BAE Systems shutting down their Jessup military factory by Xmas, the remaining 111 jobs lost!  Administrators say they’ve completed the contract they had with the U.S. Department of Defense.

Rhode Island: The city of Providence suddenly shutdown all five public swimming pools, with no explanation. Rumors say the incompetent city administrators tried to save money by painting the pools with cheap paint that could pose a health hazard when chlorinated water comes into contact with it.

Texas: Houston based department store owner Stage Stores announced they will shutdown 90 stores across 40 U.S. states.  Those stores include Bealls, Goody’s, Palais Royal, Peebles and Stage.  Administrators blame “economic softness”.  To show you that administrators don’t see any future recovery, the shutdowns will take place over the next few years.

Utah:  State Charter School Board ordering the shutdown of Alianza Academy K-8 charter schools in West Valley City and South Salt Lake City. It’s blamed on what I call DSS (Disappearing Students Syndrome), as enrollment has crashed below the state required minimum of 290.

19 August 2015: “…numbers they gave Wall Street were inflated….management don’t want to say no to the big guys…”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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 publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: In San Jose, mom & pop Paolo’s Italian restaurant shutdown by the landlord.  The property owner is getting more money by turning the location into a cafeteria.

Florida: After 42 years the Wine & Cheese Gallery shutdown, their letter implied there was too much competition compared to when they first opened in 1973.  In Miami, Out of the Closet thrift store shutdown.  News reports say it’s the second area thrift store to close this year, due to crashing sales.  It’s been revealed that Broward Clerk of Courts began “…furloughs, reduced hours…employee layoffs…” due to budget cuts.

Idaho: It’s been revealed that the Madison County Sheriff used $42-thousand USD from fees collected for concealed gun permits to put new flooring in his office.  He claimed the tile and carpeting were a “wise use” of money.  $17-thousand was spent buying a new vehicle for a ‘civil’ deputy.  Only a fraction of the fees were spent on things like police gun range maintenance and new guns for cops.  In Boise, Gem State ‘lawmakers‘ have finally realized their contracting system is at the very least a failure (and very likely totally corrupt) so they created a committee to come up with a new system.  Some of the biggest scandals involve the evil for-profit prison operator Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the state prison which became known as The Gladiator School under CCA’s watch, and the $61-million failure known as Schoolnet.  Auditors say taxpayers were forced to payout $1.5-billion to contractors in 2014!

Illinois: McDonald’s will eliminate 135 jobs from its Oak Brook HQ despite mega-profits!  90 McDonald’s corporate jobs will also be eliminated overseas.  These layoffs are on top of the 128 corporate job cuts made since December 2014!  Administrators blame ongoing sales crash, however, it should be noted that in their last quarter they reported a $1.2-billion profit!  The layoffs can only mean that McDonald’s administrators do not see any economic recovery in the future, they actually see things getting worse.  More proof the internet is not immune from recession; the rip-off DeVry Education Group announced they will eliminate 95 DeVry Online Services jobs by September.  In Cook County, Community Development Institute Head Start will eliminate 215 jobs due to slashed federal taxpayer funding!  In Carol Stream, after less than a year the Butera Market grocery store is shutting down (it was formerly a Piggly Wiggly which didn’t even last a few months).  News reports indicate the property has a history of revolving door grocery store ops, analysts blame intense competition because the area has a lot of grocery stores compared to the population density. In Wauconda, The Rustic Touch shutdown, but only because the owner said he was being swamped with custom T-Shirt and custom furniture orders.  He says he will now focus on custom order ops only. The East Central Illinois Community Action Agency laid off four Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) employees, blaming ‘lawmakers’ for failing to come up with a new budget.  Gov’na Bruce Rauner wants to shutdown the Illinois State Museum, 54 employees have been put on layoff notice.  The gov’na also wants to layoff 40 employees with the Commerce Commission, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Emergency Management Agency.

Minnesota: God refuses to stop ‘his’ Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church from shutting down. It’s blamed on “…the age of the building, the maintenance of the building, the facilities……We have less priests, and we have changes to where people live, work and pray…..We have less people in the pews…”

North Carolina: God refuses to stop ‘his’ First Presbyterian from shutting down their respected First School daycare program, in October.  It’s blamed on The Rapture, I mean their enrollment has crashed to 70 students (reports indicated they normally have 150).

Ohio: In Hamilton, after 98 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Tom’s Cigar Shop shutdown and being auctioned off. The owner said “There’s not enough revenue coming in to pay the bills.” 

Oregon: In Bend, after 37 years The Electronics Shop shutdown.

Pennsylvania:  More proof robots are taking your jobs; Amoroso’s Baking just told 2-hundred Philadelphia employees that many would be laid off as the company is moving to a new automated location in New Jersey.  It’s the result of their merger with Ginsburg Bakery.

Texas: In Jacksonville, Goodwill Industries shutdown their thrift store due to lack of “long term financial performance”.

Washington: 35 years old maker and seller of backpacks and cases for tech gadgets, Brenthaven, is shutting down their Bellingham store.   It’s blamed on competition.  In West Seattle, after six years The Feedback lounge shutdown.  In Seattle, Vespolina italian restaurant shutdown, the owners blamed insufficient sales.  And Hommage restaurant shutting down next weekend.

Wisconsin: In Waukesha, Roundy’s owned Pick ‘n Save discount store shutting down in October, 80 jobs lost.

Wyoming: ‘Lawmakers’ claim the bankruptcy of mining company Alpha Natural Resources will stick state taxpayers with $411-million in mine waste cleanup costs!

05 August 2015: Kmart kills Thriftway!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”