Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Qatari based Al-Jazeera news network eliminating 1-thousand jobs around the world, including the United States!  It’s blamed on oil prices.

Florida: After 11 years the Big E’s Gourmet Coffee & Sweets shutdown because the owner has been offered more money to manage a Starbucks.  Local news reports say the owner will make in one year at the Starbucks what he was making in four years running his own restaurant! 

Idaho: The Idaho Water Resource Board is returning a $4-million USD investment made by four large water districts into the Hagerman Valley pipeline project because several smaller water districts decided to take on a loan to cover the costs.  Apparently it has something to do with water access rights issues and the ongoing drought, as usual Idaho news sources weren’t very good at explaining it.  Amalgamated Sugar, in Twin Falls, reports record level sugar beet harvested under contract.  Idaho is the second largest producer of sugar beets for sugar production in the U.S., the record harvest should keep the prices for White Satin brand sugar down.

Illinois: More proof the economy is not going to recover anytime soon.  After hundreds of layoffs this year heavy vehicle maker Caterpillar announced another 10-thousand jobs, at the very least, will be eliminated by the end of 2018!  Administrators also indicated the number of layoffs could end up being higher than 10-thousand! It’s blamed on crashing and burning sales (three years in a row).  In Obama homietown Chicago, Obama stooge Rahm Emanuel is threatening massive police and firefighter layoffs if residents aren’t willing to be raped up the ass with massive tax increases! This is on top of the 5-thousand Chicago Public School layoffs! Reports say the Obama regime wants to jack up Chicago tax revenues by $588-million USD over four years!  By the way, school employees threaten massive civil “chaos” if the Obama regime goes through with the massive CPS layoffs!

Iowa: What housing market recovery?  Too Big to Jail Owens Financing laying off 3-hundred people at its Waterloo mortgage operations!

Michigan: In Ann Arbor, after 20 years the S3 Safe Sex Store shutdown. The owner blames the internet for her crashing sales.

Minnesota: In Minneapolis, Mattie’s restaurant shutdown.  Four Planet Beach spas suddenly shutdown, the franchise owners now bankrupt busted claiming they have only $11,200 in assets compared to $1.4-million in debts!  In Lake Park, after 60 years the Strandvik Lutheran Church shutting down by January 2016.  It’s blamed on The Rapture, I mean the membership has dwindled to about ten people showing up on Sundays.

New Mexico: Texas based ConocoPhilips confirmed that employees in The Land of Enchantment will be part of the oil company’s plan to eliminate 1-thousand 8-hundred jobs!

New York: Oyster Bay based Cablevision is now owned by the French Jews!  News reports called it a “surprise move”.  Get ready for mass layoffs as the new owner said Cablevison has “many layers of highly paid people and this will change.”  In the Bronx, Key Food shutting down its Soundview grocery store in October after the greedy property owner revoked the lease.

Ohio:  The Firestone Park IGA grocery store shutting down in October, saying it’s not worth it to renew the lease.  It’s blamed on competition and increased operating costs caused by ObamaCare insurance.

South Carolina: The Blind Tiger Pub in Charleston shutdown and for sale. The owner can’t renew the lease.

South Dakota: After 81 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) the family owned Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns shutdown and up for sale.  The current owner blames it on the fact that he seems to be the last in the family that still wants to operate the popular tourist attraction.

Texas: In Denison, after 82 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) shutdown.  Despite the ongoing illegal and undeclared War on Terror the VFW shutdown is blamed on lack of veterans!  In Austin, the Lakeview Apartments being torn down by the end of the month.  Residents were given a one month notice to vacate by greedy property developers, some residents had just moved in.  It’s being replaced by a new apartment complex targeted towards rich people.

Virginia: In Alexandria, the Del Ray Variety store shutting down by the end of the year.  A reason has yet to be given.

Washington:  Norway based solar company REC Silicon warned it might shutdown its Moses Lake factory, eliminating 4-hundred jobs,  if the dumb United States and China can’t stop their trade disputes!

Washington DC: The Department of Defense is investigating why military personnel were allowed to charge taxpayers for sex and gambling.  This is not the first time taxpayer funded government credit cards were used for such things.  The Inspector General found that between 2013 and 2014 $1-million USD were spent at casinos and on ‘adult entertainment’!

23 September 2015: “We just can’t get the…business to function.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

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: After 20 years the recently schizophrenic (constantly changing  its menu) Cow Hollow’s Betelnut restaurant  shutting down, the greedy property owner did not want to renew the lease.

Colorado: In Colorado Springs, hand tool maker Western Forge WARNed of “a strong possibility” of 150 layoffs over the next seven months!  Evil debt collector EOS CCA issued a WARN saying it will shutdown its Denver office and layoff 60 people right before Thanksgiving.  Like other corporations they are consolidating their operations.

Idaho: What construction industry recovery? Aecom Technology reported to kill off the last of Boise based construction company Morrison-Knudsen, the remaining 75 jobs lost between now and Xmas.

Illinois: Springfield’s Hope Institute for Children and Families ending its autism program due to the state ‘lawmakers’ suspending the taxpayer funding.

Indiana: The Mishawaka OfficeMax shutting down in time for Thanksgiving, about 20 jobs lost.  Pall Filter Specialists issued a shutdown WARN for their 43 years old Michigan City factory, 28 jobs lost before Thanksgiving.

Massachusetts: Too Big to Jail Citigroup shutting down six Boston Weak offices and another 11 offices around the state.   Citigroup actually said the 650-thousand+ population of Boston isn’t big enough for its new business model: “In Boston, Citi’s retail banking presence does not provide such scale so we are reallocating resources.”  

New Mexico: The Albuquerque OfficeMax on Wyoming NE shutting down in time for Thanksgiving, about 20 jobs lost.  After more than 40 years the Alpine Sausage Kitchen shutting down by the end of the month.  The owners said the bad economy is a sign they need to retire.  In a sign that the growing popularity of food trucks is actually destroying brick-n-mortar restaurants, the Albuquerque city council created a law saying food trucks must stay at least 100 feet from any brick-n-mortar op.  After only three months, Witch’s Brew coffee shop shutdown blaming money problems.

New York: In NYC, Toys “R” Us – Delaware issued a shutdown and mass layoff WARN, saying 373 people will become jobless right after Xmas!  Iconic Trinity Boxing Club shutting down due to the rent being jacked up, the new landlord wants $60-thousand USD per month!!!  E-book operator Oyster is no more as Google hired away most of the talent.   In Rochester, after eight years baby boutique Luvaboos shutting down  once everything is sold.  It’s blamed on internet competition and one of the co-owners is going to make more money as a teacher.

Oklahoma: In Enid, after 21 years Soccer World shutting down as soon as the inventory is gone.

Ohio:  What automotive industry recovery?  Troubled bearing maker Kyklos Bearing International (KBI) issued a mass layoff WARN saying 177 people will be laid off after Thanksgiving!  In June KBI agreed to pay a fine of $50-thousand USD regarding discrimination against disabled people, and in February employees warned of a plant shutdown if the union and corporate weenie heads didn’t agree to new wage terms.  Hydraulic gear pump maker Parker Hannifin says it has to shutdown its Youngstown factory over the next 18 months due to global competition, 137 jobs lost!  In Lima, the famous Hawthorne Hills golf course shutting down after 52 years: “We just can’t get the course as a business to function.”-Paul Scheiwiller, co-owner

Oregon: After 80 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Shleifer Furniture shutting down as soon as the inventory is gone, because the owner sold the property.  Supposedly the new property owner is going to renovate the building that was built in Gregorian year 1906.

Pennsylvania: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia owned SABIC Innovative Plastics shutting down its Thorndale factory, at least 51 jobs lost.  The company explanation also revealed no local economic recovery is expected: “Over the past several years, SABIC’s customer base, who purchase unique LNP compounds, is increasingly located in the Pacific, and this trend is expected to accelerate….” 

Rhode Island: After 70 years clothier Wilson’s of Wickford shutdown blaming “very difficult economic times and many personal challenges”.

Tennessee: In Maryville, after 45 years Dubb’s Restaurant shutdown due to the death of one of the co-owners.

Texas: An accidentally leaked internal memo from oil giant Halliburton revealed more layoffs in the works, this time targeting management.  Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) forced upscale doctor owned for-profit Forest Park Medical Center at Frisco to go chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  According to a local news report “…a tightening of a pre-existing law under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, essentially bans physician-owned facilities such as Forest Park from receiving Medicare and Medicare reimbursements…”

Wisconsin:  W.D. Hoard & Sons shutting down its printing ops due to the merger with Royle Printing, 33 jobs lost.   In Milwaukee, after ten years the Buckhead Saloon shutting down. The owner swears he’ll re-open as soon as he can figure out a new plan.  

22 September 2015: Grocery store kills 13,097 jobs in one state!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

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:

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson warns that the Chinese economy has “run out of steam”!

Arkansas: After about 70 years the Crossland Zoo suddenly shutdown by the Crossett city council, who apparently did not involve public comment regarding the decision.  News reports say residents are pissed.

California: Menlo Park based Kaiser Family Foundation just released their study of the effects of Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) insurance rates and concluded that in 2014 insurance rates through employers went up an average of 4% yet wages averaged only a 1.9% increase.  Many insurance companies have already warned of rate hikes by as much as 30% for 2016!  In Fresno, after five years family owned Swiggs Sliders & Wings shutdown, blaming increased competition, increased costs (specifically ObamaCare insurance and minimum wage) and declining sales.  Local news reports revealed the location is a revolving door for dozens of past restaurants.

Delaware: Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) the final straw in forcing the taxpayer funded nursing home Emily P. Bissell Hospital to shutdown.   The nursing home was plagued with problems from faulty water pipes to declining number of customers.  But news reports say the patients aren’t happy with their new homes either, saying many were told their new nursing homes were just temporary when they really aren’t.

Florida: In Miami, after one year restaurant  Morimoto South Beach shutting down by the end of the month.  In Jacksonville, a restaurant described as a popular hangout for politicians, Two Doors Down, is shutting down due to greedy property owners/developers.

Idaho: State Department of Labor admitted that the unemployment rate went up in The Gem State, blaming a net loss of 4-hundred jobs in August!

Illinois: Chicago based internet couponing company Groupon announced it will kill 1-thousand 1-hundred jobs over the next year, as it ends operations in six countries!  Groupon is also selling-off 45% of its Republic of Korea ops. Rodan Asian Fusion Lounge suddenly shutdown after 12 years, a former manager blames the greedy landlord for jacking up the rent.  The Bloomington OfficeMax shutting down in time for Thanksgiving, 20 jobs lost.

Indiana: In Fort Wayne, after 20 years Conser Music instrument store shutting down in October.  The owner said that demand for music lessons peaked between 2002-07, then crashed once the Great Recession started, with no recovery in sight.

Maryland:  Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) forcing taxpayer funded Dimensions Healthcare System’s non-profit Laurel Regional Hospital to eliminate an additional 84 jobs before Thanksgiving, on top of the 38 already laid off. It’s part of a bigger plan to turn the hospital into a smaller outpatient clinic (which means even more job losses).  After 35 years the Ocean City The Bookshelf Etc. bookstore shutdown, it’s going to be turned into a seafood store.

Massachusetts: Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) and Enterprise Community Partners are warning that U.S. residents who rent are about to experience a more than 50% increase in payments between now and 2025!  This new report comes a month after Washington state based Zillow called current rents “crazy”.

Nevada: Proof even the rich are cutting back on spending; in Las Vegas after ten years the local Penske Wynn Ferrari Maserati dealer shutting down before the end of the year.

New Hampshire: Rymes Propane & Oil shutting down three of its four fuel stations!  Administrators blame new laws that would force them to spend money upgrading their fuel stations, and they say it’s not worth it.

New York: Bankrupt grocery store operator The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P, Pathmark, Waldbaums, Liquor Store, Food Emporium, Food Basics) updated the number of people in The Empire State who’ll become unemployed very soon; at least 13-thousand and 97!   Union Springs Board of Education shutting down two elementary schools before the next school year, blaming what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.  However, could the real reason be that the school board wants to spend $8.2-million USD on a new project?   After many financial troubles internet based invention company Quirky now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Reports say Flextronics wants to take over Quirky’s Wink division.  Too Big to Jail evil JPMorganChase accuses the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans of being the now banned subprime type: “FHA requirements are down to a 520 FICO and you only have to put 3.5% down; that’s subprime lending…”

Pennsylvania: Ohio based natural gas company Stingray Pressure Pumping laying off 25 people in Washington County right before Thanksgiving.

Texas: In Wichita Falls, Peerless Manufacturing revealed they shutdown their seven years old factory last week, blaming the oil industry.  60 jobs lost.

Washington: Colorado based oil and gas engineering company CH2M announced they’re shutting down their Bellingham office blaming decreasing profits.

21 September 2015: “We need to move on, too.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

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:

Japan based Sony is ending its facebook support for the PS3 and Vita.

California: In upscale elitist Montecito, after 30 years Lana Marme Last Resport clothing store shutting down.  San Diego news sources say the expected mass layoffs by Qualcomm will be in the thousands! Qualcomm employees about 12-thousand people in San Diego.   In Santa Monica, after 93 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Santa Monica Radiator shutdown: “We have had an amazing 93-year run in business…Operating the business has become extremely stressful. It’s much more difficult to be profitable.”-Chuck Perliter, a third-generation owner (remember, they survived the Great Depression and they say now it’s too hard to be profitable!)

In Huntington Beach, Yum! brands owned (spun-off from anti-gun Pepsi) Taco Bell shutting down their experimental fast-casual booze selling U.S. Taco Company restaurant due problems with booze licensing and lack of sales.   The Arcata Chamber of Commerce shutting down its California Welcome Center due to being $12-thousand USD in the hole.  All four Orange County Capriotti’s sandwich shops shutdown suddenly by the corporation: “Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop has decided to end a relationship with one of our franchisees.”-Ashley Morris, ceo

Georgia: In Savannah, Thrifty Hardware & Home Supply shutdown after almost 60 years. It’s been sold to fund the owner’s retirement.

Idaho: The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled the evil 2011 anti-unions law (given the Orwellian Double Speak title Fairness in Contracting Act) to be in violation of the federal National Labor Relations Act.  Because of lawsuits the law never went into effect.  The bad news is that yet again Idaho taxpayers are stuck paying the legal fees caused by their inept and evil ‘lawmakers’!

Idaho taxpayers will also have to pay for the burial fees for a female U.S. Navy veteran, as well as $70-thousand USD in legal fees.  The female vet wants to be buried along side her wife in the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, but ‘lawmakers’ forbade it due the fact the vets are the same sex.  However, after court battles Deputy Idaho Attorney General W. Scott Zanzig admitted “There is no question that the plaintiff is entitled to an award of fees and expenses under controlling law.”

Idaho ‘lawmakers’ have a long track record of losing court cases and then sticking taxpayers with the bill!  It’s proof that ‘lawmakers’ do not represent the ‘people’, because they’re obviously picking the wrong battles to fight in court.

More proof employers are shunning people over 35.  In Twin Falls it was reported that the growing food processing industry there will focus on hiring people ages 18 to 34 only.  Jan Rogers of Southern Idaho Economic Development Organization admitted that’s it’s also a national agenda.  The push to get rid of older workers has been dubbed by Jeff Sayer, director of Idaho Department of Labor, as The War for Talent.

To show you how ignorant the numbers crunchers are with the state Department of Labor, they expect 109-thousand jobs to be created over the next ten years. Sounds good, until you realize that they expect all those jobs to be filled by out-o-staters moving in.  In others words they are not concerned with the unemployed Idahoans currently struggling to find jobs!

Illinois:  In Chicago, after 13 years the Signal Ensemble theater shutdown.  After 41 years Variety Comics shutting down by the end of October, 40 years worth of comic iconica must be sold. In Kankakee, Germany based BASF shutting down its resin factory, 50 jobs lost.  Administrators admitted that their sales have been crashing for the past 15 years, before the Great Recession started.

Louisiana: A third round of layoffs being reported at the NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune.  37 jobs eliminated so far.  One former unnamed employee said he was laid off as he drove home from work: “By the time I got home and tried to check my email it had been deactivated.”  

What hurricane recovery?  In New Orleans, after four years critically praised farm-to-table restaurant Maurepas Foods shutting down by October: “We were just at a plateau. Every day I know exactly what I can buy from our farmers and I know the limits of what I can pay my staff, and I know that I’m not able to spend as much time with my family as I want to and keep it going.”-Michael Doyle  

Massachusetts: Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) forcing Peabody based medical equipment maker Analogic to eliminate at least 90 U.S. jobs as they begin moving production to China!

Maryland:  Too Big to Jail BB&T (Branch Banking & Trust) eliminating 126 jobs in Hagerstown as a result of their $2.5-billion takeover of Susquehanna Bancshares!

Michigan: After 32 years Pete’s Stardust Family Restaurant shutdown, no explanation.   In Grand Rapids, the owners of Kilwins chocolates are suing their former landlord for forcing them to shutdown. They claim that Steadfast Property Holdings (note it’s an evil ‘holding’ company, the same type that helped cause the Great Depression) failed to maintain its air conditioning systems, causing the store’s inventory to melt.  Apparently Texas owned Adrian Mall is kicking out MC Sports: “I’m definitely not happy because we are a good store and I know our customers are disappointed too, but there’s not much we can do about it.”-Amy Gossman, associate manager

Minnesota:  Buck’s Furniture shutdown their last store, the owner blames his quality long lasting furniture and said economic times have radically changed: “Like many small, independent retailers, we’ve survived fires, some tough economic downturns, trends toward disposable furniture and Internet retailers, but we live in a new economic reality today. For a small furniture business to be competitive in the long-run you need deep pockets and repeat customers. So in some ways we created our own problem. We hear every day that our all-wood furniture lasts a long time.”-Ramon Buck

Montana: In Libby, Applied Materials consolidating to Kalispell, 17 jobs lost.  

Nebraska: In Omaha, after 80 years iconic Piccolo’s Restaurant shutdown. The restaurant was also known for its sign of the original owner which shows “He’s playing the piccolo wrong. He never played the piccolo and he’s playing it left handed because he was left handed and that’s not how you play the piccolo.”  The current owner and daughter of the original owner,Donna Sheehan, lamented “I’m going to cry. I didn’t want to do this. Sorry. We decided to end it because the business isn’t there anymore. We’ve tried everything but it’s just what happens. The chains come in and they just eat the little fish. We can’t compete with them. They have deep pockets. We do not.”

New Jersey: More proof of public administrator incompetence.  Over the Summer Paterson School District laid off 3-hundred people, blaming what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome!  After you include protest resignations and early retirements at least 535 jobs went away! Now those same exalted school administrators are scrambling to hire on people because it turned out they weren’t losing students, in fact their enrollment went up by 7-hundred students!

New York: Drugs maker Novartis Pharmaceuticals shutting down their Suffern factory sometime after Xmas, at least 54 jobs lost.   The Daily News laid off about a dozen people, the owner says it’s losing $20-million USD per year and he’s trying to sell it.

Ohio: Tax sucking nuclear industry contractor Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth reminded local governments it is losing money big time and could eliminate 570 jobs in October, and 1-thousand 4-hundred jobs in the long run!  It’s connected to the decommissioning disaster known as Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, in Piketon.

Oklahoma: After 45 years the Consumers IGA grocery store in Stillwater shutting down by the end of the month.  The owner blamed the greedy property owner for selling to property developers.  Tulsa based shale oil company Samson Resources now chapter 11 bankrupt busted claiming to be in $4.2-billion of debt!

Pennsylvania: God refuses to stop administrators at ‘his’ Saint Joseph’s University from eliminating jobs and cutting programs due to The Rapture, I mean what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.  Administrators hope the cuts will put them back into the ‘black’ next school year.  The Wilkinsburg School District shutting down its High School and shipping the 2-hundred students to another school district!  However, it was revealed the district is also going to spend $10-million renovating two elementary schools. After nine years the Meritage restaurant shutdown, it might be connected to the collapse of the wall in the kitchen.

Texas: Two Dallas Capriotti’s sandwich shops shutdown suddenly by the corporation: “Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop has decided to end a relationship with one of our franchisees.”-Ashley Morris, ceo

Virginia:  The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association warned that Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) is making healthcare worse.  They said increasing operating costs and decreasing payments will result in state run hospitals shutting down and thousand of people becoming unemployed!

Wisconsin: News reports say the city of LaCrosse forcing a local church to shutdown its homeless shelter.  Apparently elitist Nazi false christian neighbors didn’t like the church taking in homeless people and complained!  Manitowoc Ice laying off more employees, this time 20 by November.  It’s part of the company’s plan to move production to Mexico.

16 September 2015: “We need our money and we need it now!”

List of known U.S. store shutdowns for 2016 and beyond 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

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.”