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Business/Economics

Jimmy John’s forces employees into illegal contracts? 80% drop in book sales! Mass layoffs non-stop in California! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 10 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

California:  Vegetable grower Hiji Brothers shutting down, 260 people in Oxnard jobless by August! No official reason was given for the shutdown.  Benz Sanitation-Propane issued a layoff WARN, 132 people in Tehachapi jobless by August!  Switzerland based Nestlé issued a layoff WARN, 72 people in Modesto jobless by the end of July (supposedly temporarily).  Renewable energy company SunEdison continues killing jobs, this time 121 people in three locations were laid off at the end of May!   In Los Angeles, restaurant Yamashiro shutting down tomorrow, 82 jobs lost.  Also in LA, Bloomingdale’s shutting down their 59th & Lex Cafe, 17 jobs lost (supposedly temporarily).  In Santa Monica, Buca Restaurant 2 issued a shutdown WARN, 39 jobs lost by August.  Interesting, Abbot Vascular officially (and finally) revealed it laid off 160 people in Redwood City, back in December 2015!   In San Diego, Scripps Health revealed it laid off 122 people in May!  National Retail Transportation issued a shutdown WARN for its Fontana location, 125 jobs gone by the end of July!  In San Francisco, British empire United Kingdom based BAE revealed it laid off 54 people in May.   Newspaper The Fresno Bee eliminating 85 jobs by the end of July. Food packager Pactiv shutting down their Vernon operations, 106 jobs gone by July!  What irony, Simply Hired issued a shutdown WARN, 94 people in Sunnyvale jobless by the end of July. More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; internet slots website Playtika eliminating 111 Santa Monica jobs by August!

Connecticut: After 16 years Salem Feed & Grain shutting down due to declining sales and the owner focusing on other businesses.

Florida: After 35 years Turner Tree and Landscape chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to $7-million USD of debts.

Illinois: Switzerland based Zurich Insurance Group warned of massive layoffs, including at its 1-hundred-years-plus old Chicago office, but refused to give numbers.  Also in Chicago, after 34 years Itto Sushi shutting down by the end of the month.  Pleasant house Bakery shutdown, supposedly it’s being replaced with a pub.   Oak+Char restaurant shutdown due to disputes between the owners.  The state Attorney General is suing Jimmy John’s sandwich shops for forcing employees to sign illegal ‘noncompete’ contracts!

Iowa: Canadian Pacific Railroad shutting down their Nahant maintenance shop, 21 jobs lost.

Kansas: After surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions Varney’s Book Store shutting down all locations after an 80% drop in sales, due to losing contracts with K-State Student Union bookstore and K-State athletics.

Kentucky: In Lexington, two years after a grand re-opening Shorty’s Market shutting down.  The 2013 shutdown and this new shutdown both blamed on lack of sales.

Massachusetts: Williams-Sonoma shutting down their Holyoke Mall cooking supply store in July.

Minnesota: In Minneapolis, after 68 years Rush’s Bridal shutting down, the family owns the building and can make more money renting it to somebody else.

New York: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; NYC based internet publisher Gawker Media now chapter 11 bankrupt busted after losing a $140-million USD lawsuit brought against them by Hulk Hogan. In Ithaca, Standard Art Supply & Souvenir shutdown, no reason given but local news media discovered the property owner was asking the city for permission for new construction. In Rotterdam, Things Remembered shutting down due to not being able to renew the lease.

Oklahoma: Newspaper The Oklahoman shutting down its packaging and printing ops in Oklahoma City, 130 jobs gone by September!  The Oklahoman was Oklahoma’s largest newspaper but will now contract out work to rival Tulsa World.

Texas: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; in Austin, former drivers for California based internet companies Uber and Lyft filed multiple lawsuits over their sudden dismissal in May.  The sudden halt to  Uber and Lyft operations is the result of Austin residents approving a new law requiring Uber and Lyft to conduct background checks on ‘independent’ drivers.  Apparently Uber and Lyft didn’t want to comply, so they laid off hundreds (possibly thousands) of people without warning. (Uber has already agreed to settle a lawsuit by 350-thousand drivers in California and Massachusetts who say Uber never reimbursed them for fuel expenses! Lyft is offering to pay California drivers $27-million USD to settle their legal action!)

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.”

Business/Economics

Migrants kill food store! Taxpayers forced to bring refugees to the U.S.! Delaware steals your money! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 09 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

California: France owned security camera and equipment maker Pelco laid off at least 43 people in Clovis.  Administrators say the current economy is forcing them to “focus” their operations.  In Los Angeles, ad agency 72andSunny announced it laid off “2%” of its employees in an attempt to maintain the “long term health” of the company.

Delaware: It’s been revealed by a lawsuit launched by 21 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia) that Delaware state administrators are in cahoots with MoneyGram, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Western Union, Visa  and MasterCard by illegally holding onto $150-million worth of yet-to-be-cashed checks (call it an ‘unclaimed funds’ scam) from customers across the U.S.: “This practice not only violates federal law but it’s wrong and unfair. The bottom line is simple: Delaware is ignoring federal law for financial gain.”-Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General

Florida: In Sarasota, Vertex issued a WARN, 1-hundred people jobless between August and Xmas!   News-Press/Gannett Publishing eliminating 79 jobs in Marco Island and Fort Myers, between July and August.

Valley Agronomics construction on FMC superfund site, Power County

Valley Agronomics construction on FMC superfund site, Power County

Idaho: Some good news?  15 years after shutting down their Power County phosphorus operations FMC declared their EPA superfund site is now ready to be the new home to Rupert based Valley Agronomics‘ new fertilizer plant (Valley Agronomics is owned by Minnesota based Land O’Lakes).  The arrogant ‘christian’ governor of Idaho, Butch Otter, proudly boasted that this was a sign the area’s economy has “risen from the ashes” and then flat lied by saying “…when somebody says we’re gonna return, we’re gonna come back! You can trust us that we will keep our promise in coming back. I want you to remember this day Valley Agronomics and FMC because they told us that! They told us that we can trust them…”   This is a lie because it’s not FMC “coming back”, and Valley Agronomics never operated out of the site before!   The so called Phoenix Site (as declared by Otter) will employ a measly 50 people once it’s up and running in 2017 (incompetent local TV stations have been reporting 70 jobs created, but those are the temporary construction jobs).  I don’t think that qualifies as a local economy that’s “risen from the ashes”.

Otter also quietly revealed to local news media that the once touted Solar Farm project at the Pocatello Airport is dead.

Iowa: British empire United Kingdom owned textbook and test publisher Pearson conducted a third round of layoffs, bring the total number of people laid off in Iowa City to 166!  Local news media say the Red Coat company blames the job cuts on fewer and fewer ‘Americans’ going to college.  Yes, most of your ‘American’ textbooks are actually made by the British empire! Is it part of the dumbing down of the United States conspiracy?

Kentucky: Pike County eliminating at least 19 jobs due to being $4-million USD short for the 2016-17 fiscal year.  As an example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs, it’s blamed on the crashing coal mining industry.

Maryland:  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; Missouri based finance and healthcare software maker DST Systems shutdown its Baltimore office.

Michigan: Port Huron School Board eliminating  12 teaching positions.  It’s blamed on a loss of student body, but could it also be because their parking lot improvement project is costing them way more than they thought it would?  In Midland, Stanley’s Furniture shutting down after 65 years.  The 74 years old owner said he wanted to shutdown five years ago, he credits his success on being able to know what the trends are.

Minnesota: After 39 years Shady Acres Herb Farm shutting down, the owners blame their health problems. In Saint Paul, the Community School of Excellence eliminating 19 jobs and changing academic programs.  Local news media say the charter school is in danger of shutdown due to lack of “performance”.

Mississippi: The state Department of Health warning of more layoffs due to taxpayer funding cut of $4-million USD: “Over the next several months, we will be also sending people home. We just don’t know how many people yet.”-Mary Currier, state health officer

Missouri: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; finance and healthcare software maker DST Systems eliminating 150 jobs in Kansas City!

New Jersey: The state is so broke that state retirement money will continue to be frozen at 2011 levels.  Thank fat-ass Trump supporter Chris Christie for that.  By the way retirement funds, as well as social services are not ‘benefits’ because you freaking’ taxpayers paid for them already!  In Hamilton, disabled people “self-determined life” enhancer Meridian Services issued a WARN, 97 jobs gone by the end of the month.

New York: Elitist Ralph Lauren issued a mass layoff WARN for its NYC ops, 316 jobs gone between now and October!   Montauk Student Transport issued a layoff WARN for their Bronx-NYC and Weschester ops, 268 jobs lost by September!  In NYC, after 28 years Rebel Rebel Records blaming jacked up rent for their shutdown at the end of the month.  In Brooklyn-NYC, after 75 years the Florence Food Center shutting down due to migrants! Local news media says the Florence Food Center caters to Italians, but the area is experiencing skyrocketing immigration from “Asians, Russians, Central Americans, and Middle Easterners” while Brooklyn Italians are getting the hell outta Dodge!    (ILLEGALS GET FREE U.S. COLLEGE! 43% U.S. CITIZENS CAN’T PAY STUDENT LOANS!)

North Carolina: Craven County Schools eliminating more than 20 jobs due to being short  $3.5-million USD for the 2016-17 school year.

South Carolina: In Florence, after 22 years Phil Nofal’s Fine Footwear shutting down, the owner (who’s worked in the shoe business since he was 12) says “I’m tired. I’m 61 and I’ve done this my whole life.”

(not sure if this pic is doctored or real, it came from a Jewish news website)

Washington DC: The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank says 76-million U.S. citizens barely get by financially.  46% of U.S. citizens would be devastated by a financial emergency.   45% say it’s because their jobs do not give them  steady income as their work hours constantly change.  It’s been revealed that taxpayers are being forced to spend $20-thousand USD to ‘settle’ each so called war refugee coming into the U.S.  The revelation was made by Negative Population Growth. 

Wyoming: Uranium miner Ur-Energy eliminating 12 jobs due to crashing demand (and prices) for the radioactive metal.

07-08 June 2016: “if you don’t use it, you lose it!”

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.”

Technology

Tesla loses control?

10 June 2016 (07:19 UTC-07 Tango 01) 21 Khordad 1395/04 Ramadan 1437/06 Jia-Wu 4714

A Tesla in Germany that spontaneously combusted

Electric car lovers worried as California based Tesla now under federal investigation as reports of drivers losing total control of their all electric vehicles build. Those complaints also revealed that Tesla demanded owners of faulty electric cars sign a waiver absolving Tesla of any responsibility before repairs were made: “NHTSA learned of Tesla’s troublesome nondisclosure agreement last month. The agency immediately informed Tesla that any language implying that consumers should not contact the agency regarding safety concerns is unacceptable, and NHTSA expects Tesla to eliminate any such language.”-Bryan Thomas, U.S. Nation Highway Transportation Safety

Business/Economics

“if you don’t use it, you lose it!” False Flag foreclosures continue! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 07 – 08 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

What housing market recovery?  “…not only did we see
dishonest lending at the origination stage and then dishonest
securitization where the investors were defrauded and told that the loans were of good quality when they actually weren`t, but we saw dishonesty in terms of breaking the transfer process and the chain of title that goes from entity to the other, and when individuals were foreclosed on, they were done so with false documents which was a cover-up…       …..the evidence that was used for the foreclosing entity to prove that they actually owned the loan and had an interest in it was faulty.  It was fabricated.  It was forged…..   …this is still going on today….    ….the lender is supposed to make a promise that they`ve underwritten the loan and seen that the borrower has the ability to pay.    …..A lot of these defaults were servicer driven where you had loans that were 2 cents short and put into default….people getting foreclosure notices when they paid cash on their homes!  There was a serious breakdown in the system of property records law which is 150 years older than the Constitution!”-David Dayen, interviewed on Nightly Business Report

Alaska: The University of Alaska continues with cutbacks, nine programs halted and 209 jobs eliminated due to $19-million USD in state funding cuts for the 2016-17 school year!

California: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; San Jose based electronic payments company VeriFone Systems reports a surprise decline in revenue and will layoff an undisclosed number of people, blaming it on “difficult market dynamics”.  In the Los Angeles area, Gardens Regional Hospital now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, attorneys for the hospital blame ObamaCare.  Due to ObamaCare’s efforts to direct people away from hospitals and Obamacare’s massive insurance reimbursement cuts, Gardens Regional Hospital is in debt by $26-million USD and hasn’t paid rent since April!  At least 322 jobs threatened! 

Colorado: In Longmont, consignment shop Serendipity shutting down at the end of the month due to “…a steady decline over the past two years” in sales after the landlord put up a For Lease sign: “People thought I was closing. It scared away business.”-Vicky Boone

Connecticut: In Litchfield, after 30 years Robertson Jewelers shutting down by the end of the month due to declining sales.

Georgia: In Atlanta, O4W Pizza shutting down their Irwin Street location due to finding a better location.

Illinois: Despite surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions, Schwartz’s Intimate Apparel shutting down: “Business is changing and we either adapt again and change the way we do things. Or we can say, ‘It’s been a wonderful run. Thank you for 100 years’.”-Ben Schwartz

Aurora Public Library eliminating a total of 31 jobs due to being in the hole by as much as $2-million USD.  The library system will also reduce operating hours and shutdown their Express Center: “… if you don’t use it, you lose it! The numbers don’t lie.”-Tina Bohman, 1st Ward Alderman

Minnesota: In Northfield, after one and a half years comic book shop The Quill & Blade shutting down in July.   The owner originally planned to shutdown just six months after opening, blaming his lack of business experience.  He decided it was more fun reading comics than trying to sell them.

New Jersey: In Hackensack, after 22 years Gold Ray Jewelers shutting down by the end of the month, due to the landlord refusing to renew their lease.

New York:  Elitist retailer Ralph Lauren shutting down 50 stores and eliminating 1-thousand jobs due to crashing sales!  Ralph Lauren revealed there is no economic recovery saying its sales have crashed for the past three years, and needs to cut costs by $220-million USD, just for next year!

Pennsylvania: It’s been revealed that the Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffett owned Kraft-Heinz Tassimo coffee shutdown will kill off 341 jobs by Xmas!  (KRAFT HEINZ GETS TAXPAYER FUNDING TO KILL JOBS!)  Chemical company Koppers issued a shutdown WARN for their Clairton factory, 46 jobs gone by August due to the crashing aluminum industry.  Victor Paving and Construction fined $115-thousand USD for failing to pay employees for overtime worked during the past three years!  The U.S. Department of Labor says company administrators actually ‘doctored’ employees’ pay records to make it look like they did not work overtime.

South Carolina: Holly Springs Elementary and A.R. Lewis Elementary shutting down as Pickens County School District consolidates operations due to a lack of “millions of dollars”.

Tennessee: Japan based Fujifilm shutting down their Hunt Chemicals factory in Dayton, 84 jobs lost.  Like most corporations Fujifilm-Hunt is being consolidated.

Vermont: Coffee products maker Keurig still in trouble, now 108 people being laid off as production of Keurig Kold is shutdown!  It’s blamed on non-stop crashing sales.

Washington: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; Seattle based Amazon will invest $3-billion USD in creating new jobs, but not here in the United States, the money is going to India!  By the way, that’s on top of the $2-billion Amazon has already pumped into India!

Wisconsin: After 34 years JR’s Waupaca True Value Hardware shutting down after failed attempts to sell it.  The current owner blames family health problems and the fact he’s tired of working 67 hours per week (owners of businesses don’t get paid overtime).  In Madison, restaurant AJ Bombers shutting down saying it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.

Wyoming: Wyoming Medical Center suddenly laid off 58 employees, blaming the state’s failed version of ObamaCare.  57 vacant positions have been shutdown and work hours for employees cutback.  Administrators say they’re experiencing an increase in patient volume but at the same time a massive decrease in government and private insurance reimbursements.

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.”

Business/Economics

“we’re not taking care of our own people, that’s bullshit!” Local Sheriff blasts big government! Idaho water standards nixed for Fracking? : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 05 – 06 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Circle of Blue reports that since 2010 there’s been an average increase of 48% in municipal water rates across the U.S., despite a 22% drop in residential water use since 1999!   In other words, to make up for citizens actually conserving water (like they’ve been told to do, for decades) cities have lost money and are jacking up rates!

Financial website WalletHub says Mississippi has the worst economy in the United States, followed by Arkansas, Maine, New Mexico, Louisiana, Kentucky and Alabama.  WalletHub based their results on analysis by six economists (not main stream media ‘analysts’ posing as economist).

Alabama: In Northport, after 22 years educational supply store Learning Experience shutting down, the owners want “more time for ourselves…and our grandchildren.” 

Idaho: Due to a lawsuit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing its approval for the way Idaho measures toxic arsenic levels in water (the EPA’s decision to let Idaho ‘christian lawmakers’ ignore arsenic limit regulations seems to coincide with  state ‘officials’ quietly allowing natural gas fracking operations).  It sounds similar to what happened in Flint, Michigan: “EPA violated the Clean Water Act when it allowed arsenic levels in Idaho waters that are up to 1,000 times greater than the agency has determined are acceptable for this toxic chemical.  EPA placed political expediency over human health protection.“– Nina Bell, Northwest Environmental Advocates

Illinois: In Chicago, Georgia packaging maker WestRock issued a layoff WARN, 173 jobs gone due “to market conditions”.   Pony Tools revealed they laid off 61 people back in mid-May.  Aramark Educational Services laid off 297 people after the University of Chicago canceled the food service contract!  In Orland Park, Positive Connections lost a school bus contract, 77 jobs lost.  In Naperville, Centrad Healthcare lost a contract, 162 jobs gone between now and November!   In Bedford Park, Northstar Aerospace lost their contract, 226 jobs gone by the end of the month!  British empire United Kingdom based electronics company Laird Technologies shutting down their Schaumburg factory, eliminating 53 jobs  by July.  In Elgin, design company Southern Graphic Systems issued a shutdown WARN, 30 jobs gone by the mid-July.  In Edwardsville, wholesaler United Pet Group issued a layoff WARN, 48 in-house employees unemployed by mid-August due to their jobs being contracted-out.  God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, 65 jobs gone by the end of the month.

Maine: Twin Rivers Paper Company shutting down paper machine 3 at its Madawaska mill, 49 jobs gone by July.  It’s the result of $12-million USD in upgrades to make the paper mill more efficient.  In Bangor, House of Brides shutdown without warning last week, local police flooded with complaints from customers who paid for undelivered services: “It is not clear at this time what the outcome will be, but rest assured we are looking into the reported incidents.”-Bangor police

Michigan:  The residents of Flint already pay the highest water rates in the U.S., soon their rates will double due to the incompetence of past ‘elected lawmakers’.  Rowe Professional Service says the cost of replacing the water system in Flint will be at least $214-million USD, and take 50 years to do it!  The pissed-off Sheriff of Genesee County blames an incompetent authoritarian government for escalating violent crime through lead poisoning: “The crime rate in Flint, for the last 10 to 15 years has been high, number one per capita of violent crime… This crisis…wasn’t created by a natural disaster, people created it.  They put dictators into Flint, they called them emergency managers. One of the emergency managers signed over the Flint River without all of the safeguards built in. Now they’re all pointing their fingers at each other, but the lesson has got to be that you cannot take government away from the people.   ……this is America? We’re giving money to Iraq….Afghanistan and we’re not taking care of our own people, that’s bullshit!”-Robert J. Pickell, in the documentary Fighting for Flint  

New York: Experience Works issued a shutdown WARN for their Cortland Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), due to “lack of funding”.

North Carolina: What automotive industry recovery?  Germany owned truck maker Freightliner laying off 8-hundred people in Gaston County, due to crashing sales!  In Hickory, after 70 years eccentric Berndt’s store shutting down due to increased competition.

Oklahoma: Oil field company Seventy Seven Energy chapter 11 bankrupt busted and turning itself over to its bond holders, due to $1-billion USD in debts.

Oregon: What automotive industry recovery?  In Portland, Germany owned truck maker Western Star laying off 170 workers due to crashing sales!   More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; it was revealed that last month’s 784 layoffs by computer chip maker Intel were the largest ever mass layoff in Oregon’s history!  Local news media says several hundreds more are expected to lose their jobs by the end of the year.

Texas: In Pampa, Hastings books-video-music shutting down due to not being able to meet corporate’s profit expectations, 28 jobs gone by September.

Virginia: ObamaCare literally killed an ambulance company.  Mid-Atlantic Regional Ambulance suddenly shutdown over the weekend due to not being paid boo-koo Medicare reimbursements for services rendered.  50 jobs gone.   Under Virginia’s version of ObamaCare, Medicare must pre-approve such services!

Wisconsin:  Ameridrives Power Transmissions issued a shutdown WARN for their Green Bay factory, 37 jobs lost by November.  The maker of parts for heavy duty “off highway” vehicles is joining the rest of unAmerican corporate America in consolidating operations.

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.”

Business/Economics

Illegals get free U.S. college! 43% U.S. citizens can’t pay student loans! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 04 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

California: In Citrus Heights, after 44 years Northridge Music Center shutting down by the end of the month, the frustrated owner literally blames “everything”.

Connecticut: Packaging maker Norampac New England shutting down their Thompson operations, 63 jobs gone between July and August.

Georgia: In Atlanta, after 46 years recording studio Doppler Studios shutting down, no reason given.

Indiana: CTS Electric Components shutting down their Elkhart factory and moving production to Mexico and China. 230 U.S. jobs gone by mid-2018!

Iowa: Todd’s Naturalizer shutting down their Valley West Mall shoe store mid-month, the owner said it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.

Massachusetts: The Granby School Committee will layoff at least 12 teachers, along with a number of other employees: “State Aid to Granby is projected to decrease for the coming fiscal year by $60,667. In three of the last nine years, Granby has received more State Aid than it will in FY 2017. State Aid pays for about 32.7% of Granby’s operating budgets. State Aid for Schools, including School Choice funds, is projected to decrease by $107,088. At $5,290,801, State Aid for Schools represents over 84% of Granby’s total State Aid.”

Michigan:  In Clare, after 23 years New Wood Store furniture store shutting down, they’ve already sold the property.

Minnesota: In Saint Cloud, thrift clothing store Threads shutting down after eight years, so the owner can focus on her new store.

New Jersey: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth from shutting down their Florham Park Saint Anne Villa retirement home, 135 jobs gone by August!   More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; VALID USA laying off 144 South Plainfield data center employees by July!

New York: In NYC, telecommunications company Charter Communications eliminating at least 36 jobs due to their merger with Time Warner!

North Carolina: In Wilmington, after five years Arrow Fine Art supplies shutting down, the owner Linda Arrow yearning “I want a life, and I want to create my own art.”

Tennessee:  After 42 years god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Bible distributor Send the Light Distribution. Administrators blame it on competition with Amazon!  

Texas: In El Paso, after surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions Regis-Bernard Furniture shutting down due to the owner wanting to retire.  Hercules Offshore now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Virginia: After 60 years The Clock Shop shutting down their Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall store by July.

Washington: In Colville, after 11 years Lovitt Restaurant shutting down due to sales not being enough to support the owner’s growing family.  The restaurant has been for sale for the past year, the owner’s are hoping to move to a larger city in the hopes they could have better sales.

Washington DC: It’s been revealed that a taxpayer funded scholarship program known as DACA funds college education for ILLEGAL immigrants!  Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proudly and openly supports it!  DACA is in addition to any other financial aid: “I was able to get scholarships and grants through DACA.”-Clara Kim, Korean student at elitist Azusa Pacific University in California who admitted to Hillary Clinton that she was in the U.S. illegally, Hillary Clinton then ‘applauded’ Kim’s efforts, it was caught on video by CBSLos Angeles 

MIGRANTS STEAL UNION JOBS?

PROVEN: MIGRANTS TAKING JOBS FROM CITIZENS!

BORDER PATROL REVEALS RECORD NUMBERS OF CHILDREN FLOODING INTO U.S., & IT SEEMS TO BE PLANNED!

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THEY’RE APPEARING ALL OVER THE WORLD!

GOVERNMENT SURPLUS, AGAIN? CREDIT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!

OBAMA TO CREATE JOBS FOR THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS!

RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN WORKFORCE, YET UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS THE SAME? BLAME IMMIGRANTS!

IDAHO BURDENED BY $187-MILLION WORTH OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!

And while illegal immigrants are given taxpayer funded education, the number of U.S. citizens who can’t repay their student loans is now at 43% according to the U.S. Department of Education.

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.”

Business/Economics

“Morale is really low” Covert socialism pays corporations to make ‘busy work’! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 03 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Colorado: Bankrupt Arch Coal eliminating 80 jobs at its West Elk Mine.

Georgia: What housing market recovery? Atlanta based Too Big to Jail mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial Corporation revealed it laid off 120 people!

Florida: Miami news media report the following restaurants shutdown; Cena by Michy, The News Lounge and BLT Steak.  

Indiana: The Henryville prison shutting down due to state ‘lawmakers’ trying to save money by cramming prisoners into fewer prisons.

Iowa: Independence Mental Health Institute shutting down their Psychiatric Medical Institution for Children Unit, claiming a 50% decrease in utilization.

Kentucky: Kindred Healthcare refuse to renew the lease on their   Nursing and Rehabilitation-Bashford operations, 153 jobs lost by August!

Maryland: After 55 years the Conococheague Elementary School shutdown due to age, low student enrollment and upcoming ‘re-districting’ in August.   In an example of what I call Ripple Effect Economics, Baltimore based sports clothing maker Under Armour (they claim to be an American company yet spell ‘armor’ the British empire way) admitted the massive bankruptcy and shutdown of  hundreds of Sports Authority stores will cause Under Armour to lose $23-million in its 2nd quarter of 2016!   Georgia based payment processor Global Payments shutting down their Owings Mills ops, 334 jobs lost between July 2016 and March 2017!  Local news media say administrators refused to say why.  Global Payments recently reported big profits, and in 2007 said they would expand their Ownings Mills operations.  It might have to do with the $3.8-billion USD spent on taking over rivals! 

Massachusetts: In Boston Weak, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority pushing hundreds of employees to take buyouts, and eliminating vacant positions, in an effort to save $25-million USD in payroll.  UMass Boston warning 4-hundred non-tenured professors that they could lose their jobs by the end of August: “Morale is really low. People are very upset and worried financially.”-Marlene Kim, UMass Boston Faculty Staff Union

Michigan:  What automotive industry recovery? Local news media confused as France based vehicle interior maker Faurecia North America has been caught firing employees just as fast as it hires new ones!  105 employees in Sterling Heights will be laid off by July, yet 90 new employees will be hired at the same time at the same location.  The new hires are partially paid for by a $350-thousand USD taxpayer funded state grant!   So much for the ‘free market’, welcome to covert socialism.

Minnesota: The Post Bulletin laid off 11 people due to declining advertising revenue.

Mississippi: In Hattiesburg, after 18 years Trees n Trends Unique Home Decor shutting down due to “downward” trending customer traffic, which began when a big call center was built next door.

Missouri: In Saint Louis, local news media reporting the following restaurants shutdown; The Stratford Bar & Grill, Hilltop, Cafe Eau,
Chaser’s, Fort Taco, Lilly’s Music & Social House,
Noodles & Company and Soulard Supper Club.

New York: Office sharing startup WeWork froze hiring and will layoff about 70 people.  Amazingly administrators say it’s part of their plan for “growth and expansion”, claiming they will hire “hundreds… by the end of the year.”  

Ohio: What automotive industry recovery?  Bendix laid off eight people at its commercial vehicle brakes factory in Elyra, and another 16 employees elsewhere, blaming the trucking industry: “Since the start of 2016, build levels at truck and trailer manufacturers have declined rapidly. This decline has now trickled to the industry’s primary suppliers, including Bendix. The layoffs were the result of the down market conditions….”  

Oklahoma: In Tulsa, after more than 50 years Cooper’s Fruit Stand shutting down due to a death in the family.

Pennsylvania: Chestnut Hill College reduced pay, canceled raises and reduced work hours for employees in an attempt to deal with a $2-million USD shortfall.   If it doesn’t work then mass layoffs are next.

Virginia: Radford University shutting down its 20 years old non-profit Small Business Development Center by the end of the month. Basically the university was losing money on the non-profit operation.  In Virginia Beach, after surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions Crawford House Furniture shutting down when the inventory is gone, no explanation. 

Washington DC:  According to local news reports the following restaurants have or will shutdown; Atlas Room, Bakehouse, Bistro Francais, Cashion’s Eat Place, Food & Wine Company, Melt Shop, Olivia’s Diner and Poste.

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.”

Business/Economics

“a never-ending funeral” : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 02 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alabama: In Troy, after 16 years the Sears Hometown Store shutting down due to Sears Holdings refusing to renew the franchise license.  The owner of the building says he’ll sell it.

Illinois:  Local news say Oak Brook based McDonald’s will start bribing corporate level employees to quit (voluntary buyouts) in July.  Insiders report that already “several hundreds” of employees have been made the offer to voluntarily become unemployed.

Iowa: In Spencer, Ireland based Eaton Hydraulics eliminating 70 U.S. citizen jobs over the next 12 months.  Administrators claim the economy is worse than they thought and they need to “expand some of our restructuring and cost-reduction activities this year.”  However, the Sioux City Journal revealed that “Eaton had been training Chinese nationals here in recent months.”

Kentucky: God powerless to stop the federal government from shutting down ‘his’ Saint Catherine College.   The ‘christian’ school was caught withholding taxpayer funded financial aid for students!  Accusations imply the ‘christian’ school was using the taxpayer funding for students to pay-down school debt.  In Nicholasville, decades old Carpenters Dish Barn shutting down in July, due to road construction.

Maryland: Local news media reporting that Baltimore City Schools layoffs have hit 171!

Massachusetts: In the state of Boston Weak, MassMutual Financial Group laying off at least 1-hundred U.S. citizen InfoTech employees, replacing them with H-1B migrants!  Local news media reporting that U.S. citizen employees are being threatened with the loss of their two weeks severance if they go public with the plan to replace U.S. employees with migrants: “It’s like a never-ending funeral.”–unnamed U.S. citizen employee to Computerworld reporter 

Missouri: Bankrupt solar panel and windmill maker SunEdison eliminating at least 43 jobs. 

New Mexico: Luna Community College quietly began laying off staff last month, at least nine people unemployed due to the college being short $400-thousand USD.

New York: Connecticut based Xerox in the final stages of shutting down their Webster distribution operation, the remaining 48 employees becoming unemployed in August.

Oklahoma: Health insurance giant Blue Cross-Blue Shield is demanding a 49% increase in premiums for their ObamaCare plans! 

Texas: Health insurance giant Blue Cross-Blue Shield is demanding a 53% increase in premiums for their ObamaCare plans! In Dallas, RAS Services laying off 112 custodians by the end of July!  They lost their cleaning contract with Dallas Love Field Airport.  In Irvine, Too Big to Jail Maryland based OneMain Financial eliminating 116 jobs by mid-July, saying only that they must “downsize”!  Houston based petroleum exploration company Warren Resources now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and being divided between creditors.  National Oilwell Varco continues to kill jobs, this time 54 people in Galena Park now unemployed.

Washington:  Everett based Rural/Metro ambulance service taken over by American Medical Response, the result is 105 people are losing their jobs by the end of July!

Washington DC: The U.S. Department of Labor said the month of May saw the lowest new job growth since 2010, only 38-thousand new jobs created.  Unofficial propagandists of unAmerican corporate America, main stream news media ‘experts’, had been promising at least 160-thousand new jobs!   The U.S. Department of Labor tracks people considered “not in labor force” in their official unemployment reports, but for some reason the main stream news media refuses to publish the data.

The U.S. Department of Labor is also dealing with an issue I’ve experienced myself; your employer suddenly says you’re now a contractor, reduces your pay and ends benefits.  It’s called Employee Misclassification.

Wisconsin: In Manitowoc, after 60 years Groz-Beckert shutting down their Foster Needle felting needle factory, 64 jobs gone between July 2016 and January 2017.

01 June 2016: “unprecedented financial challenges”

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.”

Technology

“implementing headcount reductions” Sudden crash in web traffic! : 2nd Q 2015, brick-n-mortar store owners can’t blame internet/high-tech comp for their demise

Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech job destruction announcements from April to June 2015

Misleading for profit technical school DeVry is shutting down at least 12 campuses in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Washington, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Florida! Apparently DeVry has decided to move courses from brick -n-mortar classrooms to the internet.

Arkansas: Pulaski Technical College blaming what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome for forcing them to shutdown their west Little Rock (wLR) campus. In Fall 2014 they had a total of 510 students on the wLR, but for Spring 2015 only 362 students attended classes on the wLR campus!

California:  Irvine based Local.com is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, blaming it on a sudden crash in web traffic.  Sunnyvale based rent-utility electronic payment service PayNearMe failed to raise the crowd funding they wanted and laid off an undisclosed number of employees. They also canceled their rent payment service located in Family Dollar stores.  Also in Sunnyvale, NetApp issued a layoff WARN, 125 jobs lost in July! In Milpitas, SanDisk issued layoff WARNs for June & July, 88 jobs lost.   In Mountain View, OnLive issued a layoff WARN saying 98 people will become jobless by June. Mountain View based software company Intuit eliminated 399 jobs! Is it connected to its recent takeover of Brazil based ZeroPaper?  Santa Clara based computer chip maker Intel officially confirmed massive layoffs across several states. An internal Intel memo read “Yes, we are implementing headcount reductions” in Arizona and Oregon, but did not give numbers. The mass layoffs are blamed on crashing computer sales.  Computer chip makers Broadcom and Avago reportedly laid off employees in Orange County, due to their $37-billion USD merger.  In Burbank, Disney-ABC canceled plans to replace 35 InfoTech workers with foreigners. This comes after hundreds of former Disney IT workers in Florida revealed they were forced to train their foreign replacements!   In Santa Ana, ITT Cannon revealed they laid off 10 more employees than they originally WARNed about. Palo Alto based Hewlett-Packard (HP) warned of more layoffs. HP is in the process of eliminating 55-thousand+ jobs by October, that’s 28-thousand more than the original publicly announced mass layoffs!   LAN company Extreme Networks eliminated 285 jobs! Company administrators are trying to cut $40-million USD in costs by relying “on our channel partners” to get the job done. In San Ramon, AT&T Global Customer Service issued a layoff WARN for July, 89 jobs lost.   Tech company Avago has taken over networking company Emulex, several WARNs issued saying at least 88 Californians will become jobless in August as a result.   Local news reports say San Francisco based BitTorrent laid off 40 people.  In San Francisco and Santa Clara, social media gaming company Zynga laid off 364 people! Company administrators say they need to cut $45-million USD per year, due to crashing sales. In San Jose, Cypress Semiconductor finally issued several WARNs revealing they killed off 146 jobs back in January!   Riverbed Technology issued two layoff WARNs for June, saying 160 people will become jobless! In Irvine, Western Digital Technologies issued a layoff WARN for June, 115 jobs lost! Advanced Micro Devices issued a layoff WARN saying 85 people will be laid off in June.  In Burbank, Deluxe 3D-Stereo D issued a mass layoff WARN saying 227 people will become jobless in June!

Colorado: Meridian based money transfer company Western Union shutting down all its operations in Greece, supposedly temporarily.  Fort Collins based Advanced Energy (AE) announced it is fleeing the solar power business. Hundreds of people will be laid off! Administrators blame crashing sales of their solar power inverters, they even revealed they tried to sell off their inverter operations but none of the potential buyers were willing to pay what AE administrators wanted for it! However, one administrator slipped up and revealed the shutdown is really about making profits for ‘investors’: “…over the last six months, we concluded that focusing solely on our Precision Power business, and exiting the Solar Inverter business aligns with our long-term goal of maximizing value for our shareholders.”-Yuval Wasserman, CEO

Florida:  After three years of operations, Jacksonville based non-profit crowdfunding venue One Spark laid off all but three employees. Administrators blame it on a lack of “focus”.    In Orlando, it’s been revealed by former U.S. employees of Disney that they were replaced with migrant workers. 250 U.S. citizens have been laid off at the Disney amusement park in Florida, since October 2014! An unnamed former employee said they were forced to train their foreign replacements: “I just couldn’t believe they could fly people in to sit at our desks and take over our jobs exactly. It was so humiliating to train somebody else to take over your job! I still can’t grasp it!”

Georgia: In Atlanta, after eight years video game store UGAME shutdown by the landlord, who made a deal with next door Papa Murphy’s to allow them to expand into the UGAME space.  Atlanta based global payment processing company First Data announced it will eliminate “a few thousand” jobs and shutdown their smaller offices this year! Some of the U.S. job cuts will be the result of ‘offshoring’ of those jobs to other countries. Administrators didn’t explain why, but said that despite increased revenues they need to cut $200-million USD in operating costs per year.

Idaho:  In Idaho Falls, after repeated denials Curtiss-Wright Scientech laid off an undisclosed number of employees. No WARN has been filed with state employment administrators, but the Idaho Department of Labor says they’ve heard rumors of layoffs since October 2014: “We don’t have any official numbers at all. Just simply word-of-mouth is about 30 people, or so.”-Christopher Saint Jeor, Idaho Department of Labor

Illinois: Chicago based maker of video game devices and electronic slot machines WMS Gaming issued a WARN saying 247 people will become jobless in June! It’s the result of the merger of Scientific Games and Bally Technologies. WMS Games was taken over by Scientific Games in 2013.

Minnesota: Minnetonka based food processor Cargill laid off 45 more IT (information technology) employees, blaming the not recovered economy.

New Jersey:  Woodbridge based tech company RCC Consultants now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. The company is so broke they admitted they haven’t paid their employees: “As of the petition date, employees are owed approximately $1.3 million (consisting of 4½ missed payrolls). Officers, performing as employees, are owed approximately $1 million (consisting of 10 missed payrolls), and have not been reimbursed for business expenses totaling approximately $250,000.”-Mike Hunter, CEO

New Mexico: California based computer chip maker Intel is planning on massive layoffs, causing concern for employees at its Rio Rancho operation. News reports out of The Land of Enchantment say Intel has already reduced its Rio Rancho workforce by 1-thousand since 2013!

New York:  NYC based Digital First Media forced its puppet operator New England Newspapers to layoff 10 employees of local newspapers in Vermont and Massachusetts.  NYC based Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic) is now the owner of AOL, expect massive layoffs.  NYC based start up company Quirky gave up on its ‘smart’ home products company Wink, laying off 30 people and putting Wink up for sale. NYC based Time Incorporated blasted their managers for apologizing to employees who are being laid off! At least 11 of their U.S. jobs were off-shored to Philippines. Local news reports say a total of 80 IT (information tech) workers for Time laid off. A manual on how to fire employees was issued to Time Inc. managers, and somebody leaked it to the news media, it stated “Don’t say you’re sorry”.  Solid State Advanced Controls (SSAC) issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Baldwinsville op by the end of the year, 47 jobs lost. In North Syracuse, Seneca Data Distributors (owned by Arrow Electronics) amended their 2014 WARN, yet again, this time pushing their shutdown to September. They are joining the mass exodus from The Empire State and moving to Arizona.  In Melville, Arrow Electronics announced their exodus from The Empire State by issuing a WARN saying they are moving to Colorado between June 2015 and March 2017, taking 135 jobs with them!

North Carolina: AB Tech announced it will shutdown the Haynes building and the Technology Commercialization Center on its Enka campus. News reports say AB Tech is prepping the Enka campus for sale. It’s blamed on the loss of $2-million in county taxpayer funding.  California based NetApp laid off 2-hundred Research Triangle Park employees! Local news reports said the announcement was a “surprise”.   Local news reports say Lenovo administrators refused to talk at first, but then admitted they were eliminating the jobs of 235 former IBM employees! It’s the result of Lenovo’s purchase of IBM’s System X ops. Software company ChannelAdvisor admitted it laid off employees, but refused to say how many.

Oregon: In Springfield, California based Symantec laid off 175 people! Symantec has been laying off employees on a regular bases as part of their plans to offshore their software security ops.  More revelations about California based computer chip maker Intel, and the massive job destruction about to hit The Beaver State; the county of Washington gave Intel a record setting $2-billion in tax breaks! But wait there’s more! None of those tax breaks were connected to creating jobs! All that was required was that Intel keep the vague promise of maintaining economic security. News reports say there are 18-thousand Intel workers in Washington County, and Intel plans on cutting $300-million in operating costs, which will include cutting jobs. Analysts are reporting that Intel is already pushing employees to voluntarily quit. The Oregonian says the layoffs are a combination of crashing sales and Intel’s $17-billion USD takeover of competitor Altera.  Netflix is going ahead with their May shutdown of their Hillsboro call center, saying the remaining 68 employees will become unemployed. Last year news reports said 188 people worked at the call center!

Texas: Arizona based Avnet shutting down its Coppell eCycling operations, at least 71 jobs lost. Administrators blame the bad economy for forcing them to consolidate operations.  In Wichita Falls, the WDS Global-Xerox call center shutting down “because it is no longer sustainable.” 257 jobs lost by August! News reports say back in 2012 the call center employed 423 people, apparently 171 jobs had already been eliminated before the shutdown announcement, and this after city administrators gave WDS Global $3-million in tax breaks and cold hard taxpayer cash!  Houston based FMC Technologies announced at least 59 layoffs planned for its Schilling Robotics locations in California, Texas, and Scotland.

Virginia: ObamaCare forced tax-sucker General Dynamics to layoff 137 InfoTech workers! Those information technology employees were supporting the Healthcare Quality Improvement Systems contract to “monitor and improve utilization and quality of care for Medicare and Medicaid”. General Dynamics lost the contract.

Washington: Redmond based Microsoft revealed it laid off “hundreds” of employees! Administrators say it’s just one more round of layoffs in their plan to eliminate 18-thousand jobs by the end of the year!

Google demands “economic assistance funds”: 3rd Q 2015

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

Business/Economics

“unprecedented financial challenges” College suddenly closes, screws students! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 01 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

California: Mi Pueblo issued a shutdown WARN for their Newark grocery store, 76 jobs gone by mid-July.  Illinois based food service company Levy Restaurants issued a shutdown WARN for their Ontario location, 167 jobs gone by mid-July!  Also in Ontario, events contractor AEG Management eliminating 280 jobs by the end of the month! Sports Authority issued a shutdown WARN for their Fontana warehouse, 122 people jobless by next week!  Bienvenidos Children Center eliminating seven jobs by the end of the month.  Visiting Nurse Association revealed they laid off 68 people in Redlands, Riverside and Victorville (between April & May).  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise; Solar Link eliminating 169 jobs in Ontario by mid-July!  In Mountain View, Veritas Technology revealed they laid off 126 people back in mid-May!  In Rosemead, Souther California Edison continues job killing, this time 78 employees becoming unemployed by next week. L-3 Communications revealed it shutdown its San Carlos operations back in April, 69 jobs lost.  Video game maker Disney Interactive revealed they laid off 55 people, back in mid-May.  In San Jose, Western Digital issued a mass layoff WARN, 232 jobs gone by July!

Connecticut: School bus contractor First Student issued a WARN for their Brooklyn operations, 19 jobs gone by the end of the month.

Georgia: In Savannah, god powerless to stop ‘his’ Young Men’s Christian Association from shutting down their 17 years old Southside YMCA.  But get this, the YMCA is being shutdown by god’s own Saint Joseph Hospital, who owns the property the Southside YMCA is using.

Illinois:  What automotive industry recovery?  Lake Forest based car parts maker UCI Holdings-International now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, including their subsidiaries Airtex,  ASC Industries and Champion.

Kansas: In Topeka, after seven years retailer The Merchant shutdown after being sold to the owners of Cyrus Hotel.  Local news media say it’s all about property speculation.

New York: School bus contractor First Student issued a shutdown WARN for their Center Moriches operations, 4-hundred jobs gone by  the end of the month!  WPH Midtown Associates decided not to renew the lease on their Buffalo Holiday Inn Hotel, 82 jobs gone by September.  After 53 years Chatham Bowl suddenly shutdown, no explanation reported by news media.  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Webster Christian School from shutting down due to The Rapture, I mean lack of students: “The road to transition had been paved with honest assessment, strategic planning, and fresh initiatives….. Notwithstanding all these….Webster Christian School will be closing at the end of this current school year….we simply do not have the number of students….to provide a standard of excellence in Christian education.”-school statement

In Oakdale, Dowling College suddenly shutdown due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.  Local news media reported that students are literally screwed over as they scramble to find other colleges to accept their transfers: “This painful decision is a reflection of the unprecedented financial challenges facing countless private educational institutions across the nation and the difficult choices that many must now face.”-Albert Inserra, college president

Ohio: In Columbus, after six years Objects for the Home shutting down, apparently the owners will be opening another smaller version of their furniture store at some future unknown date and location.

Oklahoma: D&L Oil Tools conducted a second round of layoffs, 53 jobs lost.  In February they laid off 78 people.

Washington: Boeing finally confirmed what many local news media were reporting; mass layoffs in Puget Sound, 211 employees to become unemployed by mid-July!

30 – 31 May 2016: “no other choice…Without a line of credit” 

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.”