List of jobs lost since the Bamster's re-election
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Most of the world sees the US as being full of nutcases. A coloured guy gets elected and all the bozos run to the store to buy guns (and idiots like Trump and Palan promote it). I wouldn't invest a nickel in the US. Not for tax reasons, because of all the wingnuts.
Good, fludh them out, it'll allow someone else to take their market share.
How are conservatives promoting hate and division? By not wanting to "work with" the liberals?
Also, please specifically name rightwingers that you like, let's research these so called "conservatives".
Warren Buffett, Gord Nixon, Stephen Harper..How are conservatives promoting hate and division? By not wanting to "work with" the liberals?
Also, please specifically name rightwingers that you like, let's research these so called "conservatives".
The Bankers Will Be Pushing You Off That Cliff In January
By: poorrichard
The bankers declared war against America along time ago. I am certain that this January Financial Cliff will be used to crash the US and world economy. The bankers will be pushing us off that cliff. America will go splat when it hits the ground early in 2013.
The real problem is the total amount of private and public debt is the highest in 500 years. This means we are headed to the Greatest Depression in 500 years if we do not cancel tens of trillions of dollars in Unpayable Debts
By: poorrichard
The bankers declared war against America along time ago. I am certain that this January Financial Cliff will be used to crash the US and world economy. The bankers will be pushing us off that cliff. America will go splat when it hits the ground early in 2013.
The real problem is the total amount of private and public debt is the highest in 500 years. This means we are headed to the Greatest Depression in 500 years if we do not cancel tens of trillions of dollars in Unpayable Debts
:lol:
Not a conservative!
He's:
socialist
thrown his support for Obama
critical of "Obamacare" but "supports its aim of expanding health insurance coverage"
poured millions into pro-abortion organizations
What does not supporting abortion, your kind of conservative approach, have to do with job growth?
Everything. If America stopped practicing and celebrating the two major sins of abortion and homosexuality, God would bless her again, and the economy would recover.
Right now, America is trying to do "her own thing" without God. As a result she's dying - spiritually, culturally, and economically.
"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." - God
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I think he died of starvation!
How are conservatives promoting hate and division? By not wanting to "work with" the liberals?
Also, please specifically name rightwingers that you like, let's research these so called "conservatives".
Wingnuts don't discriminate regarding political orientation or race. One of the biggest wingnuts we had on the forum proclaimed to be Left wing, but I think that was actually in his mind.
Yes, as always it's,
BLAME OBAMA!
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BTW, Walmart's just opened up a new place in Beaverton, Oregon and Chicago just had a job fare for 65 new jobs that were opened up.
Shall we credit Obama for that ???????????
BLAME OBAMA!
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BTW, Walmart's just opened up a new place in Beaverton, Oregon and Chicago just had a job fare for 65 new jobs that were opened up.
Shall we credit Obama for that ???????????
The Moonie Times posted a lot of BS so someone has to refute their crap..............
Westinghouse - 200
Total lie. They are laying off 50 people, not 200, and have been slowly closing their operations down since Sept. 11, 2011. So they announced the company will be closed by 2015 in 2011:http://annistonstar.com/view/full_story/20755025/article-More-layoffs-announced-at-Anniston-weapons-incinerator?instance=1st_left
Research in Motion Ltd - 3,000
These layoffs were announced in June of 2012. Not because of the economy but because they create a product that has lost demand since other competitors have sold more goods:http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/11/08/research-in-motion-cuts-jobs-at-irving-headquarters/
Lightyear Network Solutions - 15
These aren't layoffs...they are permanent in an effort to downsize a company that has been losing money for a long time. http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Company-lays-off-workers-in-Pikeville-177766221.html
Providence Journal - 23
This is a newspaper that has seen its circulation decline from 90,085 to 83,733 in a year's time. They have been regularly laying off employees like every other newspaper across the country as less Americans get their news from newspapers and choose to get it free from the Internet and television: http://www2.turnto10.com/business/2012/nov/08/providence-journal-announces-more-layoffs-ar-1233784/
Hawker Beechcraft - 410
This company declared bankruptcy last year and sold to a chinese company in July of 2011. This recent round of layoffs was 170 people and their business has been in decline since 2008. They make luxury private jets for rich people and I'm assuming the rich can only own a certain amount of private luxury jets at one time:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120802/us-hawker-beechcraft-layoffs/
Boeing 61,000
Boeing expanded it's business dramatically during the Iraq war with HUGE contracts with the defense department. As the war came to a close, they saw their business decline. I guess if you want constant war, Boeing would always be making billions from the government but this is their official statement: "Boeing said the changes were not a response to the threat of additional, across-the-board U.S. budget cuts due to take effect on January 2, or the outcome of U.S. elections, but represented another step in its continuing drive to "be more competitive while investing in technologies and people." So the company itself is deying it has anything to do with the presidential elections and that they layoffs were planned and expected:http://www.catholic.org/business/story.php?id=48428
CVPH Medical Center - 17
This hospital received $3.2 million dollars in federal grant money to keep their doors open but their expenses exceeded their revenues by more than $400,000. They simply don't know how to run a business apparently. http://www.cvph.org/news-and-events/news-detail.aspx?newsid=45
US Cellular - 980
This was the result of a sale of a company to a competitor. Sprint (cell phone company) purchased US Cellular to eliminate a competitor in a certain market. This was a planned sale that took place over the past month, it just happened to be announced on Wednesday. It takes longer than one day to sell a mult-million dollar company:http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2012/11/carriers-Sprint-Buys-US-Cellular-Midwest-Markets-for-480M/
Commerzbank - 6,000
This is the funniest one so far. This is a bank from Germany and Poland that has absolutely no connection to the U.S. or Obama In looking for official layoff reports, I found this statement from the bank from Nov. 8 where they announced they are investing $2 BILLION euros in their company. Sounds like growth to me.https://www.commerzbank.com/en/hauptnavigation/presse/pressemitteilungen/archiv1/2012/quartal_12_04/presse_archiv_detail_12_04_9794.html
Iberia - 7,000
This is the second funniest because it's an airline out of SPAIN that has no connections (or jobs) to the U.S. Spain's economy has been sinking harder that the U.S. since 2007. Absolutely no connection to America or Obama:http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/spains-iberia-airlines-announces-layoffs/
Momentive Performance Materials - 150
This is a TEMPORARY LAYOFF. All of these jobs will be reinstated in two weeks, as reported by the owner of the company here:http://www.tylerstarnews.com/page/content.detail/id/508789/Momentive-Inc--plans-temporary-layoffs-for-150.html?nav=5008
Brake Parts, LLC - 75
These layoffs were disclosed on Oct. 29. I'm afraid that was a full week BEFORE Obama's re-election. Absolutely no connection here:http://www.tylerstarnews.com/page/content.detail/id/508789/Momentive-Inc--plans-temporary-layoffs-for-150.html?nav=5008
Gameforge Berlin - 20
I'm not even looking this up. If people are stupid and desperate enough to blame Obama for the layoff of 20 people in Berlin, Germany, they are idiots. But then again, I wonder if they even realize that Berlin is in Germany and not in America. Probably not.
Vestas Wind Systems 1,700
Huge lie. First sentence in this story reports the layoffs to be 200 and not 1,700. Blatant lie there. It should be noted that this is a company from Denmark and not an American company. EDIT: I stand corrected on this as I found a quote from the article: The combined layoffs, plus some attrition and relocations, have reduced Vestas' Colorado workforce from 1,700 to 1,200 this year. So we can assume the total number of employees is 1,700 (the amount the email suggests was laid off) and that the numbers laid off amount to 500.http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_21754574
Husqvarna - 390
This is a company based in Sweden, again absolutely no connection to Obama or the U.S. In fact, the majority of those affected are in Sweden or where their products are made in Poland:http://www.appliancemagazine.com/news.php?article=1626614&zone=0&first=1
Ericsson - 14,000
This is another funny one. Ericsson is a Swedish company (like Husqvarna) and those layoffs are in Sweden. They are not 14,000, they are 1,550. Pretty big difference:http://www.i4u.com/2012/11/sony-ericsson/ericsson-swedens-job-announces-cuts
SRA International - 222
Another blatant lie. These layoffs were planned, (like another one) on October 29, 2012. A full week before Obama was re-elected. Here is all the info to prove that:http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2012/11/06/sra-international-to-lay-off-222-in.html
PerkinElmer - 75
This company is moving operations overseas to save money on having to pay Americans a livable wage. The governor of MA tried to talk them into keeping the jobs in America but the company refused to discuss it with them before making the decision to outsource their jobs:http://articles.courant.com/2012-01-18/business/hc-perkinelmer-layoffs-20120118_1_transfer-jobs-perkinelmer-global-stage
Majestic Star Casino and Hotel - 80
THIS is a company trying to destroy their union. Their workers are in a union and their contract ran out Oct. 31st. The company has made more money this year than they did last year but they are still cutting jobs despite making more money. A quote from the union representative: “These out-of-state owners who control billions are coming to Indiana and taking away our jobs,” said Coleman. It is also worth mentioning that these layoffs were announced on Nov. 6th before the election was officially over and anyone knew who won.
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/lake/16200678-418/layoffs-hit-garys-majestic-star.html
Center for Hospice NY - 80
TOTAL LIE: This company is renovating its current location and these layoffs will occur NEXT YEAR and they will be TEMPORARY according to the person in charge:http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121106/CITYANDREGION/121109477/1002
Bristol-Myers - 500
Numbers are wrong. It's 470 and everyone agrees that this is the direct result of mismanagement under CEO Lamberto Andreotti...quote from the story: "nominee for worst chief executive of the year."http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/bristol-myers-slash-480-sales-related-jobs-nj/2012-11-06
Lower Bucks Hospital - 500
This is one of the biggest lies: THIRTY people were laid off. 30. Not 500. And the layoffs occurred on NOV.5, THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION. People who believe this stuff are idiots. Ironically, the CEO mentions in this article that they have 750 people on the payroll. Eliminating 500 of those seems kind of out of the question.
http://levittown.patch.com/articles/lower-bucks-hospital-lays-off-30-employees
Oce North America - 9
I couldn't find a single news article to back this up with any kind of facts at all. Enough said.
Corning United Blood Services Gulf - 150
Again, there is absolutely not a single news story to back this claim up anywhere. If it happened, there would be a press release. Right wing blogs are announcing this with NO reference or citation.
Atlantic Lottery Corporation - 16
This is a Canadian company and these layoffs were announced NOV. 5th, a DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/11/05/nb-atlantic-lotto-layoffs.html
Welch Allyn - 10% of manufacturing work force
These layoffs were announce on September 10th, almost two full months before Obama was re-elected. These are going to take place over THE NEXT THREE YEARS in a restructuring effort:http://www.qmed.com/news/welch-allyn-initiates-global-restructuring-including-layoffs
Dana Holding - 12% of work force
This is a total lie as well. The company released a financial report on Oct. 29th, 2012 and only said they were considering layoffs with NO specific numbers mentioned. The only place I can find this is on rightwing blogs, again, with no citations or references to any specifics. The company's report on Oct. 29th announced NO layoffs.http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2012/10/dana-considering-layoffs-as-obamacare.html
Stryker - approx 5%
These were announced on June 25, 2012 and it's in response to trying to compensate for a new 2.3% tax on medical devices as part of the new health care act. I don't have to tell you how little 2.3% is and there is also no indiction that it would be 5% of it's employee force. The latest news says 'more than 100' positions would be laid off.http://www.massdevice.com/news/stryker-begin-new-york-layoffs-ahead-medical-device-tax-wall-street-beat
Boston Scientific - Unspecific (sic) amount
These were announced in AUGUST and were a direct result of a change in management and a new CEO.http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-bostonscientific-layoffs-idUSBRE87S0Z120120829
Medtronic - 1,000
ANNOUNCED SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2012 as a result of the company restructuring plan.http://www.massdevice.com/news/layoffs-medtronic-cut-another-500-jobs-hopes-saving-125m-year
Smith & Nephew - 80
This company is based in LONDON and these job cuts in Memphis were announced in September. This is the only real story I could find about it:http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/ArticleEmail.aspx?id=64753
Abbott Labs - 550
Announced on October 17th, about TWO SOLID WEEKS before Obama was re-elected. The facts hurt, I guess: Half of these workers being laid off are in EUROPE. Even though they are laying these people off, the overall amount of workers at Abbott Labs has grown due to additional acquisitions of other companies. Full story here:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/abbott-labs-cuts-550-jobs-more-layoffs-planned-2012-10-17
Covidien - 600
This is funny. The company denies any reports of layoffs in May of this year, no real news of layoffs since then:http://www.thesunchronicle.com/mansfield/covidien-denies-layoffs-report/article_a55f54db-b925-5b86-b246-136f2178e487.html?mode=story
Kinetic Concepts - 300
This was announced on JULY 13th, 2012 as part of restructuring after a $6.3 billion dollar buyout in 2011.http://www.massdevice.com/news/report-kinetic-concepts-lays-300-more
St. Jude - 300
This was announced NOV. 2, FOUR DAYS before Obama was re-elected. I wonder if Romney would have won if these lunatics would be blaming Romney for the job losses that occurred 4 days before anyone knew who was going to be the next president: It should also be noted that the company blames poor sales of defibrillators and pacemakers, not on the economy.http://www.startribune.com/business/176871351.html?refer=y
Hill Rom - 200
This is ANOTHER company where the right wing blogs continue to report a layoff in these numbers (200) where there is absolutely no real news source or citation for this. Repeating something over and over doesn't make it true. Just look at Fox: They said Romney would be elected for the past month 1,000 times. Didn't make it so. I would put a source but since there is no source for this, I will leave it alone
Darden Restaurants - 3%
This is the company that owns Red Lobster and the Olive Garden. All they are doing is cutting back hours so they aren't forced to cover employees' medical insurance. Typical big business: Just like Walmart: Wring your workers out for all you can get, work them JUST under the amount of hours where they would be provided some kind of health care security. Just a ****ty company more than anything else but no reflection of the election at all but more of an attack on the new healthcare law.
JANCOA - 350
Utter lies. Jancoa is a janitorial outfit in Cincinnati, OH whose owner testified against the new health care law in congress. Funny that this reports she is laying off 350 workers when the owner herself REPORTS THAT THE ENTIRE COMPANY EMPLOYS 320 PEOPLE. Absolutely no layoffs reported anywhere from this company as of Nov. 9, 2012. Maybe it's republicans' wishful thinking?http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/07/11/jancoa-ceo-mary-miller-testified-on.html
Kroger - 30
These 30 layoffs were announced August 22, 2012 NOT from Kroger but from Source Interlink, a magazine company and they blame Kroger for ending a contract with them. Has absolutely nothing to do with Kroger except that Kroger NOT carrying these magazines would reportedly cost Source Interlink revenue:http://www.audiencedevelopment.com/2012/source+interlink+after+kroger+layoffs+and+diversifying+business
ING - 2,350
ING is a DUTCH company ALL OF THESE 2,350 STAFF REDUCTIONS ARE IN EUROPE. Glad we can blame Obama for financial problems and layoffs in the Netherlands. This is direct from the story: However, that particular round of layoffs will not affect ING's U.S. operations.http://articles.courant.com/2012-11-07/business/hc-ing-layoffs-20121107_1_ing-group-investment-management-businesses-dutch-financial-group
Caterpillar - 4,000 (Decatur plant)
These layoffs were announced on Oct. 1, 2012. Caterpillar has been INFAMOUS for trying to bust its unions for years. This is all it is...more fighting against paying Americans a fair wage:http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-10-01/caterpillar-plans-late-year-shutdown-in-decatur
Alcatel-Lucent - 5,000
Announced July 26, 2012, this company is based in Paris, France. This company has been horribly unprofitable. From the story: "Under Verwaayen, Alcatel finally reached its first annual profit since it was formed in the 2006 merger of Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies" Apparently it's OK to have one year of profits in the past six years of operation.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/alcatel-lucent-layoffs_n_1704623.html
Umatilla Chemical 34
Wrong. 11 of these employees are being transferred and 23 are being laid off. Not 34. This is part of an ongoing process to shut down the plant that was decided in October of 2011. The plant decided then to close the operations by 2015.http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/11/06/2160493/umatilla-chemical-depot-plans.html
Rocketdyne...100
Rocketdyne is a company that was built on the industry of space exploration. As the U.S. killed off NASA funding, companies that specialize in rockets and space exploration have no more contracts and no more customers. THESE LAYOFFS WERE EXPECTED since the company is in the process of being sold to Sacramento-based GenCorp Inc. for $550 million.http://www.dailynews.com/business/ci_21952197/rocketdyne-lays-off-100-mostly-san-fernando-valley
Pepsi - 8,700
This one is also hilarious. These layoffs go back to FEBRUARY 2012. And these layoffs were made DESPITE HIGHER PROFITS AND REVENUE. Let's blame Obama's re-election that happened nine months later! These people are insane:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/09/pepsico-layoffs_n_1265407.html
Bank of America 30,000
Bank of America has been involved in a lot of problems since they were bailed out by the U.S. government to the tune of FORTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS. They have also been famous for outsourcing their jobs: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/bank-of-america-outsourcing-call-center-philippinesThis current number of 30,000 layoffs has been planned since early 2011. The only layoffs that came AFTER Obama was re-elected came on Nov. 9th and that was 312 layoffs that WERE PLANNED AND EXPECTED SINCE 2011.http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-bank-of-america-layoffs-fort-lauderdale-20121110,0,7467370.story
Smith & Nephew - 770
SMITH & NEWPHEW IS REPEATED ON THIS LIST TWICE: t's funny because if you go up 16 entries from this entry, you'll ALSO see Smith & Nephew reportedly as having laid off EIGHTY jobs. Again (go up to the previous entry) this is a LONDON based company. They have operations in the U.S. If anyone can find a legitimate source of this company specifically laying off 770 people SINCE OBAMA WAS RE-ELECTED (After all, this whole thing is about the past 48 hours, right) I will personally buy you a steak dinner. No link on this because in reality, this doesn't exist and it's interesting that Smith & Nephew has two entries on this list with different, contradicting numbers.
Abbott Labs - 700
ABBOT LABS IS REPEATED ON THIS LIST TWICE: Abbot is another company listed on here TWICE with different numbers (the first one claimed 550 and is 16 above this one. Again, these LAYOFFS WERE PLANNED SINCE 2008:http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/abbott_trims_workforce_by_2000_200_in_illinois_314211191.html
Covidien - 595 layoffs
COVIDIEN IS REPEATED ON THIS LIST TWICE: Interestingly enough, the other entry says 600 layoffs. Not only are the people who make these lists idiots, they cannot seem to keep their story straight and they are horrible at copy editing. They are just copying and pasting this stuff with absolutely no citations, references or concern for truth.
Kinetic Concepts - 427 layoffs
KINETIC CONCEPTS IS REPEATED ON THIS LIST TWICE: HIlariously, this is ANOTHER company listed TWICE on this list. The first entry says 300 people were laid off. This one says 427 layoffs. These people making this list are truly idiots.
Westinghouse - 200
Total lie. They are laying off 50 people, not 200, and have been slowly closing their operations down since Sept. 11, 2011. So they announced the company will be closed by 2015 in 2011:http://annistonstar.com/view/full_story/20755025/article-More-layoffs-announced-at-Anniston-weapons-incinerator?instance=1st_left
Research in Motion Ltd - 3,000
These layoffs were announced in June of 2012. Not because of the economy but because they create a product that has lost demand since other competitors have sold more goods:http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/11/08/research-in-motion-cuts-jobs-at-irving-headquarters/
Lightyear Network Solutions - 15
These aren't layoffs...they are permanent in an effort to downsize a company that has been losing money for a long time. http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Company-lays-off-workers-in-Pikeville-177766221.html
Providence Journal - 23
This is a newspaper that has seen its circulation decline from 90,085 to 83,733 in a year's time. They have been regularly laying off employees like every other newspaper across the country as less Americans get their news from newspapers and choose to get it free from the Internet and television: http://www2.turnto10.com/business/2012/nov/08/providence-journal-announces-more-layoffs-ar-1233784/
Hawker Beechcraft - 410
This company declared bankruptcy last year and sold to a chinese company in July of 2011. This recent round of layoffs was 170 people and their business has been in decline since 2008. They make luxury private jets for rich people and I'm assuming the rich can only own a certain amount of private luxury jets at one time:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120802/us-hawker-beechcraft-layoffs/
Boeing 61,000
Boeing expanded it's business dramatically during the Iraq war with HUGE contracts with the defense department. As the war came to a close, they saw their business decline. I guess if you want constant war, Boeing would always be making billions from the government but this is their official statement: "Boeing said the changes were not a response to the threat of additional, across-the-board U.S. budget cuts due to take effect on January 2, or the outcome of U.S. elections, but represented another step in its continuing drive to "be more competitive while investing in technologies and people." So the company itself is deying it has anything to do with the presidential elections and that they layoffs were planned and expected:http://www.catholic.org/business/story.php?id=48428
CVPH Medical Center - 17
This hospital received $3.2 million dollars in federal grant money to keep their doors open but their expenses exceeded their revenues by more than $400,000. They simply don't know how to run a business apparently. http://www.cvph.org/news-and-events/news-detail.aspx?newsid=45
US Cellular - 980
This was the result of a sale of a company to a competitor. Sprint (cell phone company) purchased US Cellular to eliminate a competitor in a certain market. This was a planned sale that took place over the past month, it just happened to be announced on Wednesday. It takes longer than one day to sell a mult-million dollar company:http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2012/11/carriers-Sprint-Buys-US-Cellular-Midwest-Markets-for-480M/
Commerzbank - 6,000
This is the funniest one so far. This is a bank from Germany and Poland that has absolutely no connection to the U.S. or Obama In looking for official layoff reports, I found this statement from the bank from Nov. 8 where they announced they are investing $2 BILLION euros in their company. Sounds like growth to me.https://www.commerzbank.com/en/hauptnavigation/presse/pressemitteilungen/archiv1/2012/quartal_12_04/presse_archiv_detail_12_04_9794.html
Iberia - 7,000
This is the second funniest because it's an airline out of SPAIN that has no connections (or jobs) to the U.S. Spain's economy has been sinking harder that the U.S. since 2007. Absolutely no connection to America or Obama:http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/spains-iberia-airlines-announces-layoffs/
Momentive Performance Materials - 150
This is a TEMPORARY LAYOFF. All of these jobs will be reinstated in two weeks, as reported by the owner of the company here:http://www.tylerstarnews.com/page/content.detail/id/508789/Momentive-Inc--plans-temporary-layoffs-for-150.html?nav=5008
Brake Parts, LLC - 75
These layoffs were disclosed on Oct. 29. I'm afraid that was a full week BEFORE Obama's re-election. Absolutely no connection here:http://www.tylerstarnews.com/page/content.detail/id/508789/Momentive-Inc--plans-temporary-layoffs-for-150.html?nav=5008
Gameforge Berlin - 20
I'm not even looking this up. If people are stupid and desperate enough to blame Obama for the layoff of 20 people in Berlin, Germany, they are idiots. But then again, I wonder if they even realize that Berlin is in Germany and not in America. Probably not.
Vestas Wind Systems 1,700
Huge lie. First sentence in this story reports the layoffs to be 200 and not 1,700. Blatant lie there. It should be noted that this is a company from Denmark and not an American company. EDIT: I stand corrected on this as I found a quote from the article: The combined layoffs, plus some attrition and relocations, have reduced Vestas' Colorado workforce from 1,700 to 1,200 this year. So we can assume the total number of employees is 1,700 (the amount the email suggests was laid off) and that the numbers laid off amount to 500.http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_21754574
Husqvarna - 390
This is a company based in Sweden, again absolutely no connection to Obama or the U.S. In fact, the majority of those affected are in Sweden or where their products are made in Poland:http://www.appliancemagazine.com/news.php?article=1626614&zone=0&first=1
Ericsson - 14,000
This is another funny one. Ericsson is a Swedish company (like Husqvarna) and those layoffs are in Sweden. They are not 14,000, they are 1,550. Pretty big difference:http://www.i4u.com/2012/11/sony-ericsson/ericsson-swedens-job-announces-cuts
SRA International - 222
Another blatant lie. These layoffs were planned, (like another one) on October 29, 2012. A full week before Obama was re-elected. Here is all the info to prove that:http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2012/11/06/sra-international-to-lay-off-222-in.html
PerkinElmer - 75
This company is moving operations overseas to save money on having to pay Americans a livable wage. The governor of MA tried to talk them into keeping the jobs in America but the company refused to discuss it with them before making the decision to outsource their jobs:http://articles.courant.com/2012-01-18/business/hc-perkinelmer-layoffs-20120118_1_transfer-jobs-perkinelmer-global-stage
Majestic Star Casino and Hotel - 80
THIS is a company trying to destroy their union. Their workers are in a union and their contract ran out Oct. 31st. The company has made more money this year than they did last year but they are still cutting jobs despite making more money. A quote from the union representative: “These out-of-state owners who control billions are coming to Indiana and taking away our jobs,” said Coleman. It is also worth mentioning that these layoffs were announced on Nov. 6th before the election was officially over and anyone knew who won.
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/lake/16200678-418/layoffs-hit-garys-majestic-star.html
Center for Hospice NY - 80
TOTAL LIE: This company is renovating its current location and these layoffs will occur NEXT YEAR and they will be TEMPORARY according to the person in charge:http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121106/CITYANDREGION/121109477/1002
Bristol-Myers - 500
Numbers are wrong. It's 470 and everyone agrees that this is the direct result of mismanagement under CEO Lamberto Andreotti...quote from the story: "nominee for worst chief executive of the year."http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/bristol-myers-slash-480-sales-related-jobs-nj/2012-11-06
Lower Bucks Hospital - 500
This is one of the biggest lies: THIRTY people were laid off. 30. Not 500. And the layoffs occurred on NOV.5, THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION. People who believe this stuff are idiots. Ironically, the CEO mentions in this article that they have 750 people on the payroll. Eliminating 500 of those seems kind of out of the question.
http://levittown.patch.com/articles/lower-bucks-hospital-lays-off-30-employees
Oce North America - 9
I couldn't find a single news article to back this up with any kind of facts at all. Enough said.
Corning United Blood Services Gulf - 150
Again, there is absolutely not a single news story to back this claim up anywhere. If it happened, there would be a press release. Right wing blogs are announcing this with NO reference or citation.
Atlantic Lottery Corporation - 16
This is a Canadian company and these layoffs were announced NOV. 5th, a DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/11/05/nb-atlantic-lotto-layoffs.html
Welch Allyn - 10% of manufacturing work force
These layoffs were announce on September 10th, almost two full months before Obama was re-elected. These are going to take place over THE NEXT THREE YEARS in a restructuring effort:http://www.qmed.com/news/welch-allyn-initiates-global-restructuring-including-layoffs
Dana Holding - 12% of work force
This is a total lie as well. The company released a financial report on Oct. 29th, 2012 and only said they were considering layoffs with NO specific numbers mentioned. The only place I can find this is on rightwing blogs, again, with no citations or references to any specifics. The company's report on Oct. 29th announced NO layoffs.http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2012/10/dana-considering-layoffs-as-obamacare.html
Stryker - approx 5%
These were announced on June 25, 2012 and it's in response to trying to compensate for a new 2.3% tax on medical devices as part of the new health care act. I don't have to tell you how little 2.3% is and there is also no indiction that it would be 5% of it's employee force. The latest news says 'more than 100' positions would be laid off.http://www.massdevice.com/news/stryker-begin-new-york-layoffs-ahead-medical-device-tax-wall-street-beat
Boston Scientific - Unspecific (sic) amount
These were announced in AUGUST and were a direct result of a change in management and a new CEO.http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-bostonscientific-layoffs-idUSBRE87S0Z120120829
Medtronic - 1,000
ANNOUNCED SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2012 as a result of the company restructuring plan.http://www.massdevice.com/news/layoffs-medtronic-cut-another-500-jobs-hopes-saving-125m-year
Smith & Nephew - 80
This company is based in LONDON and these job cuts in Memphis were announced in September. This is the only real story I could find about it:http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/ArticleEmail.aspx?id=64753
Abbott Labs - 550
Announced on October 17th, about TWO SOLID WEEKS before Obama was re-elected. The facts hurt, I guess: Half of these workers being laid off are in EUROPE. Even though they are laying these people off, the overall amount of workers at Abbott Labs has grown due to additional acquisitions of other companies. Full story here:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/abbott-labs-cuts-550-jobs-more-layoffs-planned-2012-10-17
Covidien - 600
This is funny. The company denies any reports of layoffs in May of this year, no real news of layoffs since then:http://www.thesunchronicle.com/mansfield/covidien-denies-layoffs-report/article_a55f54db-b925-5b86-b246-136f2178e487.html?mode=story
Kinetic Concepts - 300
This was announced on JULY 13th, 2012 as part of restructuring after a $6.3 billion dollar buyout in 2011.http://www.massdevice.com/news/report-kinetic-concepts-lays-300-more
St. Jude - 300
This was announced NOV. 2, FOUR DAYS before Obama was re-elected. I wonder if Romney would have won if these lunatics would be blaming Romney for the job losses that occurred 4 days before anyone knew who was going to be the next president: It should also be noted that the company blames poor sales of defibrillators and pacemakers, not on the economy.http://www.startribune.com/business/176871351.html?refer=y
Hill Rom - 200
This is ANOTHER company where the right wing blogs continue to report a layoff in these numbers (200) where there is absolutely no real news source or citation for this. Repeating something over and over doesn't make it true. Just look at Fox: They said Romney would be elected for the past month 1,000 times. Didn't make it so. I would put a source but since there is no source for this, I will leave it alone
Darden Restaurants - 3%
This is the company that owns Red Lobster and the Olive Garden. All they are doing is cutting back hours so they aren't forced to cover employees' medical insurance. Typical big business: Just like Walmart: Wring your workers out for all you can get, work them JUST under the amount of hours where they would be provided some kind of health care security. Just a ****ty company more than anything else but no reflection of the election at all but more of an attack on the new healthcare law.
JANCOA - 350
Utter lies. Jancoa is a janitorial outfit in Cincinnati, OH whose owner testified against the new health care law in congress. Funny that this reports she is laying off 350 workers when the owner herself REPORTS THAT THE ENTIRE COMPANY EMPLOYS 320 PEOPLE. Absolutely no layoffs reported anywhere from this company as of Nov. 9, 2012. Maybe it's republicans' wishful thinking?http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2012/07/11/jancoa-ceo-mary-miller-testified-on.html
Kroger - 30
These 30 layoffs were announced August 22, 2012 NOT from Kroger but from Source Interlink, a magazine company and they blame Kroger for ending a contract with them. Has absolutely nothing to do with Kroger except that Kroger NOT carrying these magazines would reportedly cost Source Interlink revenue:http://www.audiencedevelopment.com/2012/source+interlink+after+kroger+layoffs+and+diversifying+business
ING - 2,350
ING is a DUTCH company ALL OF THESE 2,350 STAFF REDUCTIONS ARE IN EUROPE. Glad we can blame Obama for financial problems and layoffs in the Netherlands. This is direct from the story: However, that particular round of layoffs will not affect ING's U.S. operations.http://articles.courant.com/2012-11-07/business/hc-ing-layoffs-20121107_1_ing-group-investment-management-businesses-dutch-financial-group
Caterpillar - 4,000 (Decatur plant)
These layoffs were announced on Oct. 1, 2012. Caterpillar has been INFAMOUS for trying to bust its unions for years. This is all it is...more fighting against paying Americans a fair wage:http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-10-01/caterpillar-plans-late-year-shutdown-in-decatur
Alcatel-Lucent - 5,000
Announced July 26, 2012, this company is based in Paris, France. This company has been horribly unprofitable. From the story: "Under Verwaayen, Alcatel finally reached its first annual profit since it was formed in the 2006 merger of Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies" Apparently it's OK to have one year of profits in the past six years of operation.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/alcatel-lucent-layoffs_n_1704623.html
Umatilla Chemical 34
Wrong. 11 of these employees are being transferred and 23 are being laid off. Not 34. This is part of an ongoing process to shut down the plant that was decided in October of 2011. The plant decided then to close the operations by 2015.http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/11/06/2160493/umatilla-chemical-depot-plans.html
Rocketdyne...100
Rocketdyne is a company that was built on the industry of space exploration. As the U.S. killed off NASA funding, companies that specialize in rockets and space exploration have no more contracts and no more customers. THESE LAYOFFS WERE EXPECTED since the company is in the process of being sold to Sacramento-based GenCorp Inc. for $550 million.http://www.dailynews.com/business/ci_21952197/rocketdyne-lays-off-100-mostly-san-fernando-valley
Pepsi - 8,700
This one is also hilarious. These layoffs go back to FEBRUARY 2012. And these layoffs were made DESPITE HIGHER PROFITS AND REVENUE. Let's blame Obama's re-election that happened nine months later! These people are insane:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/09/pepsico-layoffs_n_1265407.html
Bank of America 30,000
Bank of America has been involved in a lot of problems since they were bailed out by the U.S. government to the tune of FORTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS. They have also been famous for outsourcing their jobs: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/bank-of-america-outsourcing-call-center-philippinesThis current number of 30,000 layoffs has been planned since early 2011. The only layoffs that came AFTER Obama was re-elected came on Nov. 9th and that was 312 layoffs that WERE PLANNED AND EXPECTED SINCE 2011.http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-bank-of-america-layoffs-fort-lauderdale-20121110,0,7467370.story
Smith & Nephew - 770
SMITH & NEWPHEW IS REPEATED ON THIS LIST TWICE: t's funny because if you go up 16 entries from this entry, you'll ALSO see Smith & Nephew reportedly as having laid off EIGHTY jobs. Again (go up to the previous entry) this is a LONDON based company. They have operations in the U.S. If anyone can find a legitimate source of this company specifically laying off 770 people SINCE OBAMA WAS RE-ELECTED (After all, this whole thing is about the past 48 hours, right) I will personally buy you a steak dinner. No link on this because in reality, this doesn't exist and it's interesting that Smith & Nephew has two entries on this list with different, contradicting numbers.
Abbott Labs - 700
ABBOT LABS IS REPEATED ON THIS LIST TWICE: Abbot is another company listed on here TWICE with different numbers (the first one claimed 550 and is 16 above this one. Again, these LAYOFFS WERE PLANNED SINCE 2008:http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/abbott_trims_workforce_by_2000_200_in_illinois_314211191.html
Covidien - 595 layoffs
COVIDIEN IS REPEATED ON THIS LIST TWICE: Interestingly enough, the other entry says 600 layoffs. Not only are the people who make these lists idiots, they cannot seem to keep their story straight and they are horrible at copy editing. They are just copying and pasting this stuff with absolutely no citations, references or concern for truth.
Kinetic Concepts - 427 layoffs
KINETIC CONCEPTS IS REPEATED ON THIS LIST TWICE: HIlariously, this is ANOTHER company listed TWICE on this list. The first entry says 300 people were laid off. This one says 427 layoffs. These people making this list are truly idiots.