Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: In Tuscaloosa, the manager of a Bruno’s grocery store went public and warned that the store will be shutdown.  No comment from the owners.  In Atmore, the YMCA shutting down in August: “Our country’s and, even closer to home, our state’s economic struggles have made it difficult to obtain financial contributions for the Atmore YMCA.”-Paul Chason, CEO

California:  In Los Angeles, Obama Care forcing Temple Community Hospital to issue a WARN that it will shutdown in September, 288 healthcare jobs lost!  Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services laid off 49 employees.  In Pico Rivera, G2 Secure Staff Waste Management shutdown, 55 jobs lost.

Florida: In Orlando, upscale Nordstrom shutting down a store in August, 190 jobs lost!  The store was opened in 2002.  In Ocala, after only one year Crossroads Child Care Center was forced to shutdown after a father found his toddler son wondering around outside the facility, near a retention pond.

Georgia: In McDonough, the World’s largest maker of small engines Briggs & Stratton shutting down a factory, 270 jobs lost: “We have not been able to get the McDonough plant running at full capacity for several years. That, and market conditions, have made it even more difficult.”-Laura Timm, public affairs

Indiana: In La Porte, after 80 years ATI Casting Service shutdown, 120 jobs lost!  At one point the factory had 550 employees!

Massachusetts: In North Adams, AP Home Decor shutdown for “personal reasons”.

Michigan:  In Detroit, Sears Holdings shutting down two Kmart stores in October, 270 jobs lost! In Rochester Hills, the non-profit Crittenton Hospital Medical Center revealed it is now up for sale.  Hospital officials say since Obama Care went into effect their financial losses have increased by tens of millions of dollars!  In Battlecreek, the Calhoun County Arts Council disbanded, blaming crashing funding on the bad economy. This comes as W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research reports about 40% of unemployed people in Calhoun County stopped looking for jobs, and that’s based on data ending in 2012!   In Saint Claire Shores, after 67 years Harper Sport Shop shutdown.  What housing market recovery? Washtenaw County reports that so far this year they’ve held 259 tax foreclosure sales.

Minnesota: In Winona, the Kmart shutting down in October, 67 jobs lost.

New Jersey: In Montclair, Health, Love & Soul, Juice Bar & Grill shutdown.  In Collingswood, after only two years American Table kitchenware store shutdown.  The store specialized in Made in the U.S.A. products.  In Atlantic City a fourth casino shutting down, this time it’s the Trump Plaza, a WARN report indicated at least 900 jobs lost (local news reports say at least 1-thousand)!  Local news reports say the casino closures are now causing smaller mom & pop stores to go out of business.

New York: In NYC, Obama Care forcing two years old SinglePoint Care Network to layoff 59 employees between October and December.  In Greenwich Village the Pink Elephant bar now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.  It’s blamed on the greedy property owner.

Ohio: In Cleveland, a massive Kmart shutting down in October, 200 jobs lost!

Oregon: In Portland, after four years Mextiza restaurant shutdown.

South Dakota: In Bonesteel, after 113 years (and surviving  numerous recessions and the Great Depression) Bonesteel Enterprises ending the publication of their newspaper.  Company officials said they tried to find a buyer for the newspaper, with no luck.

Texas:  In San Antonio, the KGB USA-Conduit Global call center warned it will eliminate 225 jobs in August!  Company officials blame a major client, who canceled their contract without notice.

Vermont: In Bennington, 66 years old Greenburg lumberyard shutdown, 23 jobs lost.  In the same city, after 21 years O’Malley’s Pet Supplies shutdown: “Since 2008, sales slowly declined, utilities increased, and I made the decision that it wasn’t financially feasible to stay open.”-Michael O’Malley

Virginia: In Danville, after 56 years John’s Antiques shutdown.

Washington: Who said tech jobs are recession proof? Redmond based Microsoft announced a new employee performance policy that some analysts say will result in layoffs.  The new CEO has a history of eliminating middle managers.  In Oak Harbor, Waste Management announced they will shutdown their call center in September, 126 jobs lost!  The company is consolidating their call centers to Arizona.  In Everett, a more than 40 years old Kmart shutting down in September.

Washington DC: The U.S. Department of Defense announced even more layoffs.  It’s the latest round of layoffs as part of a plan to reduce personnel by at least 70-thousand!  The majority of those layoffs will affect the U.S. Army.  The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art & Design laying off about 150 employees in August!  Apparently the schools will eventually shutdown threatening another 300 jobs!  It’s blamed on their merger with National Gallery of Art and the George Washington University.

Wisconsin: What housing market recovery?  The Fox Valley reports a 14% drop in new home starts during the first six months of this year, compared to last year.

09 – 10 July 2014: “…this retail funk is real.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Newly created United Continental (aka United, formerly Illinois based United Airlines and Texas based Continental Airlines) announced it is killing 630+ union jobs at airports across the U.S.   The airline company says they will now use cheaply paid sub-contracted workers.   Some airports affected are Salt Lake City, Charlotte, Pensacola, Detroit, Honolulu, Denver, Dulles, Buffalo-Niagara and Des Moines

Alabama:  Law firm Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose has been involuntarily dissolved by a creditor.  Attorney’s for the law firm are challenging the involuntary chapter 7 bankruptcy.  It’s the second major law firm in Alabama to go down the toilet this year.

Arizona:   Obama Care forced University of Arizona Health Network to sell itself to Phoenix based Banner Health.  Now there are reports this is a portent for things to come in the U.S. medical school sector.  The Association of American Medical Colleges warns that Obama Care’s reduced insurance reimbursements is the final straw that will force medical schools to sell themselves to private medical corporations, or greatly reduce their services to the public, either way it means massive healthcare job cuts.  In Tucson, wrought iron maker La Buhardilla announced it will shutdown by the end of the year, after 28 years of business.  The owner is blaming health problems and crashing sales.  And after 15 years furniture store Casa Colonial shutdown.  The owner, Omar Merheb, says his business never recovered: “After 2008, everything went down.”  

California:  In Santa Monica, despite doing the soundwork for The Avengers, Iron Man 3, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Despicable Me 2 and Agro, Pacific Coast Post shutdown, 20 jobs lost.  Also, post production studio Soundelux chapter 11 bankrupt busted, 100 jobs lost!  In Fresno, Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries announced they are laying off 73 employees in September.  In Los Angeles, McDonald’s announced it is shutting down a restaurant in August, 55 jobs lost.  LA based clothing retailer American Apparel has been declared in default for a $10-million USD loan.   In Santa Ana, ITT Cannon laying off seven employees in September.  In Torrance, Obama Care forcing American Medical Response of Southern California to shutdown in November, 120 healthcare jobs lost!

Florida: Who said the internet is killing brick-n-mortar businesses?  Gainsville based internet music service Grooveshark laid off an undisclosed number of employees, and cut pay for their remaining employees by 18%.  Some reports say it’s the result of repeated legal actions by music companies.

Illinois: State employment officials say they’ve recently received notices from dozens of employers that 1700 people will become unemployed over the next six months!  In Springfield, AT&T announced they will kill 188 jobs in August!  No reason was given.  In McCook, Source Interlink killing 244 jobs!  It’s blamed on the demise of the country’s largest magazine distributor-publisher.

Kansas: In Wichita, Kroger owned Dillions shutdown two stores, at least 100 jobs lost!  The Red Beans Bayou Grill shutdown without notice.  The owner is now focusing on catering only.

Massachusetts:  The city of Fall River laying off 29 firefighters.

Michigan:  More bad news for the failed state system known as Detroit.  Taxsucker SMART (Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation) warned it could kill at least 123 jobs and shutdown 30 public transportation routes by 2015!  Transit officials blame crashing taxpayer funding from federal, state and local sources.  SMART funding is also directly connected to funding for Detroit Department of Transportation which is being reduced, however, they say the biggest tax funding loss is coming from local property tax revenues, which is being caused by the crashing housing market.  In Saginaw, after only eight months the Lettuce Lounge Eatery shutdown.  It’s just more proof humans aren’t rabbits, however the operators of the veg restaurant blame it on the greedy owners of the shopping plaza where they’re located.

Missouri: Town & Country based Energizer batteries announced they will shutdown a Canadian factory by 2017, killing 430 jobs in the British empire (Commonwealth of Nations) country!  Apparently they sold the factory to Johnson & Johnson.  In April 2014 Energizer announced it will split into two companies, resulting in hundreds more job losses in the United States.  Since 2012 Energizer has killed 1500 jobs!  In Earth City, Ireland based legal drugs pusher Actavis announced they will shutdown a drugs factory next year, 200 jobs lost! Reports say another 190 jobs in Saint Louis will be affected!  It’s connected to the Actavis takeover of Forest Laboratories.

New York: Crumbs Bake Shop shut down all 48 stores across several states, without notice!  The cupcake store is now chapter 7 bankrupt busted, apparently the cupcake thing was just a fad, in the past year the company’s stock value fell from $13 per share to just 27 cents!  In NYC, after 76 years Bowlmor Lanes in Union Square shutdown.  In Latham, amusement park Hoffman’s Playland shutdown.  It turns out the owners can make more money re-developing the property as something else!

North Carolina: British empire Australia owned insurance company, QBE North America, shutting down their Morrisville call center, 107 jobs lost by 2015!  Local news reports say the British empire company refused to say why.  Charlotte based snack maker Snyder’s-Lance warned it will start killing jobs, after it sold off its private brands ops and took over Wisconsin based Baptista’s Bakery.

Ohio: Charter One Financial has been reduced from dozens to just two bank offices, it’s blamed on parent company Citizens Financial.  The idiot ‘elected’ officials of the Buckeye State have given corporations $63-million in tax breaks from 2012 through 2013, and $65-million through July 2014!  Those businesses claim they’ve create 43-thousand jobs as a result of the tax breaks.  Big whoop-de-shit! Here’s a dose of reality; in November 2013 Ohio led the nation in job losses, 12-thousand!  In August 2013 Ohio lost 8-thousand jobs!  But wait, there’s more; in March 2013 Ohio lost 20-thousand 4-hundred jobs!   But wait, even more; according to state and federal government data Ohio lost 241-thousand 3-hundred jobs between 2007-09!  And don’t forget that Ohio has been losing jobs every year in between, in other words all those tax breaks to businesses have done nothing to reverse the massive job destruction in the Buckeye State.

South Carolina: After 35 years North Area Taxi now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Tennessee: In Chattanooga, after only two years wine bar Brix Nouveau shutdown.  The owner blamed “several factors”.  In Memphis, Obama Care pissed off 404 cops who went on strike!  City of Memphis officials say Obama Care has jacked up the cost of employee insurance so much that they’re forced to reduce how much the city pays, meaning employees will have to pay a greater share of their insurance costs.  Hey you cops, don’t get mad at your employer, get mad at insurance industry authored Obama Care!

Pennsylvania: What real estate market recovery?  Shopping center owner Pennsylvania REIT laid off about 10 employees.  The commercial property owner said they are responding to “changing consumer dynamics”.   In Peckville, after 50 years PJ’s Home Center shutdown, the owner demanded to know where the economic recovery was!

Vermont:  What real estate market recovery?  The city of Brandon is dealing with crashing tax revenues and as such is warning of slashed funding for public services and the possibility of layoffs.  The town treasurer says the crashing tax revenues are the result of unpaid property taxes.

Wisconsin:  After shutting down without notice in June, the Wisconsin International School is now officially bankrupt busted.  This means all those parents that paid their child’s tuition in full will not get a refund.  Officials with the private school blame their sudden shutdown on an unexpected 30% drop in enrollment (more disappearing students), as well as a 30% drop in cash revenues and skyrocketing expenses due to things like utilities and healthcare cost increases (so much for Obama Care)!  At one point the school boasted 800 students, but this year they could attract only 120!  Parents are pissed because they were also required to take part in raising money for the school, and they want to know what happened to it: “That’s a big slap in the face to all the efforts we’ve put in!  At no time were we ever told ‘Hey, we have a problem’ or that more money needed to be raised.  Volunteering at the school was mandatory and parents were invested in the school.  If they had said something, I am sure parents and families would have opened their pockets.”-Nicole Donart-Manty

04 – 06 July 2014: “It’s slowly dying…”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alaska: The city of Juneau eliminated 12 positions, due to being $6-million USD in debt.  The hours for the library and museum were cut, and the bear awareness program was suspended, along with the adult basketball league.  City officials say that even with the cuts next year they’ll have $9-million in debt!

Arizona: Phoenix based Peter Piper Pizza chain now up for auction.  The restaurant chain was taken over seven years ago by an international ‘investment’ company headquartered in Washington DC.  Some restaurant industry analysts say there’s just too many restaurants out there.

California: More trouble for Irvine based for profit Corinthian Colleges (CCi).  They’ve announced they will begin shutting down, selling off or reducing classes at 97 campuses across the U.S., over the next six months!  It’s part of a deal with the U.S. Department of Education.  The college is under investigation by state and federal officials, for ripping off students and violating federal education laws.  Everest College, Heald College and Wyotech campuses are part of the shutdown.   In San Pablo, West Contra Costa Healthcare District- Doctors Medical Center announced they’re shutting down in September, 832 healthcare jobs lost!  In San Francisco, for the third time Home Depot killed off its planned Bayview store.  This time Home Depot officials blame it on skyrocketing costs of construction (they should know).

Florida: Glades Brewery Partners and Palm Beach Brewery Associates now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  They own a restaurant chain called Brewzii, and recently a judge actually shutdown one of the restaurants for failure to pay rent.

Georgia: In Augusta, after 25 years Thai Jong restaurant shutdown: “We’re kind of tired…”-Lephuong Tran, co-owner

Illinois: After 94 years (surviving several recessions and the Great Depression) Gayety’s Chocolates & Ice Cream stores now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  It’s blamed on the bad economy, but the owners swear they’ll make a come back.

Indiana: In Bedford, Planned Parenthood announced the shutdown of their health clinic.  It’s blamed on Obama Care actually raising the cost of providing medical services!

Iowa: In Clinton, North Carolina based Evergreen Packaging shutting down by September, 100 jobs lost!  Company officials blame the bad economy.

Maine: In Waterville, after 30 years Bolley’s Famous Franks restaurant shutdown: “I just want less stress.”-Zena McFadden, co-owner

Michigan:  Legal fees for Detroit‘s chapter 9 bankruptcy have hit $75-million, and the taxpayers get to pay for it!  Retail store owners are going public, saying the WIC (Women Infants Children) taxpayer funded food program is killing their business.  Apparently state Department of Community Health (DCH) is now limiting reimbursements for rural WIC sales, based on postal zip code.  And in urban areas DCH will allow only 175 WIC customers per store.  Roy Rabban, the owner of a Save-A-Lot, is pissed: “Not having WIC is like taking 10% of your business out of your pocket.  I’m getting penalized…”

Missouri: What economic recovery?  State tax revenues dropped by $80-million, the first time since 2010.   That means some heavy cuts are coming, as out of touch political leaders were expecting tax revenues to actually go up by several hundreds of millions!

New Jersey: Sun National Bank-Sun Bancorp shutting down dozens of offices and killing at least 200 jobs!  The FDIC says the bank has lost money every year since 2009.

North Carolina: In Havelock, an 18 years old Food Lion grocery store shutting down in October.  Company officials said the high rent killed it off.   After 20 years the Crooked Creek Golf Club shutting down.  The owners are selling it off due to the bad economy: “It’s just economically a losing proposition.”-Tony Withers, co-owner

Texas: In Waco, after 147 years (surviving several recessions and the Great Depression) iconic Padgitt’s shutdown!  The store opened in the late 1800s selling gear to cowpokes, recently they were trying to stay relevant by selling electronic gadgets, but the current co-owner Chris Schroeder says “We just couldn’t make enough to stay in business.”   God refused to stop the ‘Christian’ operator of the taxpayer owned Ambrosio Guillen Veterans Home from becoming chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Senior Dimensions-Sears Methodist Retirement System swears their bankruptcy won’t affect the care of military veterans.  However, an unnamed insider told a local news source that “They’re not doing what they’re supposed to do. Things were going real good a year ago. Not now.” 

Washington DC:  The taxsucking  Government Printing Office is asking 100 employees to voluntarily quit.  The GPO has actually killed 70% of its jobs since 1980!  Watergate Wine & Beverage store now bankrupt busted and shutting down.  The owner, Joseph Park, said regarding the economy that since 2006 “It’s slowly dying…..the business is just not here.”

Wisconsin: In Menomonee Falls, metal fabricator ArcRon shutting down in time for Xmas, 42 jobs lost.

02 – 03 July 2014: “This would be a worst case scenario…”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Arizona:  The U.S. Army is proposing to kill 2700 jobs at Fort Huachuca, due to crashing tax revenues caused by the suck ass economy!   Despite being home to a U.S. Marine Corps Air Station and a U.S. Army Proving Grounds, Yuma has the highest unemployment rate in the U.S. at 26.5%!

California:  Despite being a major agricultural center, El Centro has the second highest rate of unemployment in the U.S., at 21.1%!  In Brisbane, upscale snooty women’s clothing chain Bebe admitted they killed jobs with their stores across the U.S., but refused to say how many.  In Glendale, after 29 years Brand Bookshop shutdown.   In Mountain View, Symantec revealed they killed another 51 jobs back on 18 June.   For some reason they didn’t file their WARN until 30 June, and the state says they didn’t get it until 01 July.  In Modesto, cereal maker Post announced they’re shutting down in September, 58 jobs lost.

Florida: In Gainsville, after 56 years Central Florida Office Plus shutdown.  The owners blame local hospitals and government agencies for shifting their office supply purchases to the big box national chain stores.   After 47 years Crevasse’s Regency Florist shutdown.  After 28 years, Grandy’s restaurant announced they’re shutting down in August.

Illinois: In Quincy, after 134 years (surviving dozens of recessions and the Great Depression) Geo. Keller & Sons shutdown, 21 jobs lost.  Family owners said their sales have been crashing for too many years in a row.

Iowa: In Davenport, after years of taking over competing printing ops, and making public announcements proclaiming everything was wine-n-roses, after 40 years Brandt printing shutdown.  Reports said some employees would get lucky and be offered jobs with another company in Hiawatha.

Massachusetts: In Springfield, after 79 years (and surviving the Great Depression) The Student Prince Café & Fort Dining Room shutdown.  It was sold off.

Missouri:  Ironically the Republican controlled legislature passed a huge taxpayer funded spending bill despite the fact that tax revenues can’t support it.  Then, even more ironically, the Democrat governor vetoed the bill precisely because tax revenues are crashing!  Unfortunately (but realistically) this means massive layoffs of state government employees beginning in July.

Nevada: Gambling machine maker Bally Technologies killing 270 jobs!  Blame it on the company’s officials who spent $1.3-million USD taking over a rival gambling machine maker (International Game Technology, who also killed jobs).

New York: NYC based international internet marketing company Razorfish laid off at least 100 employees, many in Illinois and Georgia.  In Utica, after 17 years the Kniffin Center-Family Place shutting down in July.  In Batavia, after at least 69 years Flowers by Dick Burton shutdown.  The owners blame crashing sales.  Scotsman Media Group shutting down printing ops in Syracuse and Chenango Bridge, 90 jobs lost.  What housing market recovery?  REIT Management & Research announced they are shutting down some ops across New York, 28 property management jobs lost.   In New Hyde Park, the Stop & Shop Supermarket announced they’re shutting down in September, 162 jobs lost!

North Carolina: Phone service company MIG now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Apparently the U.S. based company doesn’t really provide cell phone service, they make their money off another company based in the Republic of Georgia (not the U.S. state of Georgia).  That company is called MagtiCom, and as a result of a legal dispute MIG has had all their expected $18.4-million in dividends from MagitCom suspended!   In Gastonia, after 40 years childcare center Belvedere Playhouse shutdown.

Oregon: In Forest Grove, Izgara Middle Eastern Cuisine shutdown.  The Jewish owners said they already bought their airline tickets to Florida.

Utah: Denmark based mining-cement engineering company FLSmidth & Co laid off 78 people in the Beehive State.  Company officials blame it on the across-the-board global crash in mining sales.

Virginia: In Natural Bridge, after 37 years the Wax Museum shutting down in September.  The area was sold to the State Parks, and they are not interested in operating the Civil War themed wax museum.   What automotive industry recovery?  Roanoke based Advanced Auto Parts announced they’re shutting down 100 stores across the U.S.!  And that’s just the beginning, officials calling it their “first round” of store closings!  Thousands of  jobs will be lost!  It’s the result of their takeover of rival Carquest-General Parts last year (company officials say there are just far too many auto parts stores in the U.S., and they need to be culled).   But wait, there’s more!  Advanced Auto was awarded $17.4-million in taxpayer incentives, if they created 600 new jobs in Virginia!  One news report said many of those ‘new’ jobs will actually be former Carquest employees simply re-hired by Advanced Auto.

26 – 27 June 2014: “…it’s time to bail out!”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alaska: The Kake Gunnuk Creek hatchery shutdown.

Arkansas: God refused to stop all powerful Obama Care from forcing Catholic owned CHI Saint Vincent (aka Saint Vincent Health) to kill 157 healthcare jobs!

California: State employment officials said for the months of April, May and June they’d received layoff and shutdown notices affecting at least 13005 people!   In Hemet, the 40 years old Kmart announced it will shutdown, 77 jobs lost.  In Oakland, Dobake Bakeries announced they will shutdown in August, 221 jobs lost!  In Los Angeles, Wolfgang Puck announced it will kill 76 jobs in July.  In Atwater, AT&T Mobility announced they will shutdown in August, at least 397 jobs lost!  In Pittsburg, United Spiral Pipe announced 44 layoffs planned for August.  In Barstow, MV Transportation announced 30 layoffs for August.  In Montebello, Katzkin Leather announced 75 layoffs for August.

Colorado: In Fort Collins, after 19 years Colorado Drum & Percussion  shutdown: “The economic downturn in 2009 really took a toll on the business, and we never fully recovered….”-Clark Bennett, owner

Florida: Click HERE to see a list of crashing and burning HMOs (no thanks to Obama Care).  What housing market recovery?  RealtyTrac says the Sunshine State has the second highest “zombie foreclosure” rate in the U.S.   Zombie foreclosure means the occupant believes the home is being foreclosed on, then moves out, but the foreclosure takes so long that sometimes it’s forgotten by the banks, or sometimes there never was a true foreclosure filed, and you end up with neighborhoods filled with vacant homes.  Speaking of foreclosure, the Old Jupiter mobile home park seized by Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo.   In Broward County the company that runs the local Five Guys burger joints, ASCI Broward, is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, 120 jobs threatened!  It’s blamed on a lawsuit filed by investors.

Illinois:  Chicago Public Schools laid off 1150 employees!  School officials claim the layoffs are the lowest in the past five years!  The job killing is blamed on the ever increasing number of disappearing students and a new per-pupil funding formula.

Indiana: In Plainfield, document manager Novitex Enterprise Solutions (aka Pitney Bowes Management Services) announced it will shut down in September, 155 jobs lost!  Last year the same company shutdown their warehouse, killing 137 jobs!

Kansas: In Derby, the maker of industrial technologies (including those designed to replace human workers) Q Corporation now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  71 of the 75 employees have been laid off.  Local news media also discovered the Q Corporation building is now up for sale.  Q Corporation was created in 1969, its downfall is being blamed on the owners.  In 2011, Q Corporation took advantage of state taxpayer funding to re-train about half its employees.  In 2009 a group of employees took over the company, and recently they tried selling it to some vulture capitalists in Chicago, however that deal fell through.  The bankruptcy revealed the former employees turned company owners have pushed the company into $1-million USD of debt.  God can’t stop Christian non-profit Ottawa University from laying off 18 employees.  School officials say the layoffs are “a preventive measure” against the growing number of disappearing  (raptured?) students.   The federal terrorist, I mean tax collector known as IRS placed a lean against aviation subcontractor Machining Programming Manufacturing.  The IRS claims the company never sent in the payroll taxes it collected from its employees!

Louisiana: After 55 years the Piccadilly Cafeteria in the Westmoreland Village Shopping Center shutdown.  Does it have something to do with the new Catholic owners of the shopping center, or the new New York based owners of the Piccadilly chain?

Massachusetts:  In Easton, after 60 years McMenamy’s Hamburger House shutdown.  The building was sold.  In Haverhill, Archie’s Little River Ale House shutdown.

Minnesota: There are reports that the international food giant General Mills has a secret cost cutting (job killing?) plan in the works, due to crashing sales.

Missouri: In Saint Louis, after 12 years Lemmons Bar & Club shutdown, the owner Mike Gross explained that “When all you can see is the negatives and you can’t see the positives, it’s a good indication that it’s time to bail out!”  In Neosho, after 58 years Premier Turbines Manufacturing shutting down in 2015, no reason given other than the company has been experiencing “turmoil”, 80 jobs lost.  Children’s mental-health facility, Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center in Cape Girardeau, shutting down in January due to state and federal (Obama Care) taxpayer funding cuts, 95 jobs lost.   Ozarks Community Hospital announced: “Beginning today, we are providing notice to employees that we are laying off as many as 60 employees in 60 days…….Even if Missouri expands Medicaid in the future, it will be virtually impossible for us to recapture this loss of capacity.  Hospitals cannot shrink and expand as readily as other industries.  I fear that Missouri will never recover the ground it is now losing statewide as a result of political posturing.”-Paul Taylor, CEO

Montana: More trouble for an appliance chain store originally founded in Montana.  In Bozeman Vann’s shutdown, it’s the fourth store to close since the company was sold off to Texas based McMagic Partners. This means there is only one store left!  When Vann’s was sold off it had five stores in Montana, now, according to local news reports only one remains (Hamilton, Kalispell and Missoula stores were shutdown in 2013, conveniently blamed on disagreements over rent). 150 employees affected by the shutdowns! To show you how deep corporate rabbit holes can go, the once Montana based Vann’s is now owned by Texas based McMagic Partners.  At the time of the sale of Vann’s the man responsible for the takeover, Ross Khaledi, was listed as the CEO of HK Global Trading.  Both HK Global Trading and McMagic Partners are owned by Florida based Khaledi Group Holding Company.  Khaledi Group Holding Company is described as a “family business” which owns about 38 companies, many involved in ‘duty free’ sales of appliances.    Also, in 2013 Vann’s employees sued their former CEO and CFO, alleging the executives spent company money for personal reasons, which forced the bankruptcy and sale of Vann’s in 2012.  During the 2012 bankruptcy sale here is what one of the then vice presidents of McMagic Partners said about Vann’s: “We intend to continue business and retain the employees. And rebuild the business in the marketplace.”-Alan Huxtable (proof you can’t trust any corporate official)

New Jersey: Yet another casino going down.  After 27 years the Caesars owned Showboat Atlantic City Hotel and Casino shutdown, 2100 employees out-o-work!  Union officials were upset because federal WARN law says employees are supposed to get 60 days notice.  The Showboat was making a profit, but officials with Caesars said for the first half of 2014 Showboat experienced a 77% drop in profits compared to the same time last year!  Warren based semiconductor and broadband company Anadigics announced it will kill 140 jobs across the U.S.!  It’s blamed on declining sales.

New York:  What housing market recovery? RealtyTrac says the Empire State has the highest “zombie foreclosure” rate in the U.S.   In Schenectady, Price Chopper killed 80 jobs. Company officials blamed, in part, Obama Care for creating “Skyrocketing health care costs…” for the company.   In Brooklyn, after nine years women’s boutique Pop shutdown.  The owner blames the rapidly changing socio-politico-business environment: “….it’s not the same place for a small business owner as it was even three years ago!”-Sheila Sharma

Oklahoma: In Stillwater, storage tank maker Total Energy Fabrication Corporation shutdown, 55 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on “significant operational challenges and weakening market conditions”, in other words there is no economic recovery.

Pennsylvania:  In Pottsgrove, the Kmart shutting down in September,  65 jobs lost.  Kindred Hospital’s North Side facility being sold off, 152 jobs lost!  The buyer, LifeCare Hospitals, told news media they have no intention of hiring on the Kindred employees.

Virginia:  Yet another coal mine shuts down, this time Alpha Natural Resources closed their Cherokee Mine, killing 121 jobs!

West Virginia: Patriot Coal laid off another 75 coal miners.  Back in April they laid off 100 miners!

Wisconsin: In De Pere, Wisconsin International School shutdown without notice!  Local news reports stated that teachers had not been paid!  Officials with the privately run grade school stated “The Wisconsin International School has closed due to declining enrollment and mounting financial pressures.” 

24 – 25 June 2014: “…..no one had our backs!”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013