Since the election:
Layoff numbers
| Organization | # Laid off | Running total | Sector | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbot Labs | 700 | 700 | Med Eq/Dev Mfg | |
| AMD | 400 | 1100 | Electronics | |
| American Coal | 54 | 1154 | Energy | |
| Ameridose | 790 | 1944 | Health | |
| Associated Milk Producers Inc | 130 | 2074 | Agriculture | |
| ATI | 172 | 2246 | Education | |
| Boston Scientific | 1200 | 3446 | Med Eq/Dev Mfg | |
| Brake Parts LLC | 75 | 3521 | Automotive | |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | 479 | 4000 | Health | |
| Career Education Corp | 900 | 4900 | Education | |
| Caterpillar | 100 | 5000 | Construction Eq | |
| Center for Hospice and Palliative Care | 40 | 5040 | Health | |
| Cigna | 1300 | 6340 | Health | |
| Community Newspaper Holdings Inc | 21 | 6361 | Media | |
| Covidien | 595 | 6956 | Health | |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse | 70 | 7026 | Health | |
| CVPH | 17 | 7043 | Health | |
| Dana Holding Corp | 7 | 7050 | Automotive | |
| Energizer | 1500 | 8550 | Energy | |
| Exide | 150 | 8700 | Energy | |
| Groupon | 600 | 9300 | Consumer | |
| Hawker Beechcraft | 410 | 9710 | Aerospace | |
| Hill-Rom | 200 | 9910 | Med Eq/Dev Mfg | |
| Husqvarna | 600 | 10510 | Tools | Cuts in Sweden |
| Kinetic Concepts | 427 | 10937 | Health | |
| Lightyear Network Solutions | 14 | 10951 | Software/internet | |
| Medtronic | 500 | 11451 | Med Eq/Dev Mfg | |
| Mills Manufacturing | 68 | 11519 | Defense | |
| Momentive Performance Materials | 150 | 11669 | Chemicals | |
| Murray Energy Corporation | 48 | 11717 | Energy | |
| New Energy | 40 | 11757 | Energy | |
| OCE | 135 | 11892 | Office equip | |
| Providence Journal | 23 | 11915 | Media | |
| Research in Motion | 200 | 12115 | Consumer Electronics | |
| Smith & Nephew | 770 | 12885 | Med Eq/Dev Mfg | |
| Southeastern Container | 15 | 12900 | Consumer | |
| Space X | 100 | 13000 | Defense | |
| St Jude Medical | 300 | 13300 | Health | |
| Stryker | 96 | 13396 | Med Eq/Dev Mfg | |
| TE Connectivity | 620 | 14016 | Electronics | |
| Teco Coal Corporation | 90 | 14106 | Energy | |
| TurboCare | 88 | 14194 | Energy | |
| U.S. Cellular | 980 | 15174 | Electronics | |
| Umatilla Chemical Depot | 34 | 15208 | Defense | |
| UtahAmerican Energy | 102 | 15310 | Energy | |
| Vestas | 3000 | 18310 | Energy | |
| Welch Allyn | 275 | 18585 | Med Eq Mfg | |
| West Ridge Mine | 102 | 18687 | Energy | |
| Westinghouse | 17 | 18704 | Hi Tech Services | |
| Westinghouse Anniston | 50 | 18754 | Defense | |
| Wright-Patterson | 115 | 18869 | Defense | |
| Yakima Regional Medical Center | 10 | 18879 | Health | |
Layoffs without exact number specified
| Organization | % Laid off | Sector | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing Defense, Space & Security | 30 | Defense | Executive Staff | |
| United Blood Services | 10 | Health | All staff | |
| Wilkes-Barre | Government | Firefighters | ||
| Slidell | Government | "Will try to spread equally" | ||
Worker Reduction In Scheduled Time (to below ObamaCare threshold)
| Organization | % WRIST | # Affected | Sector | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darden Restaurants | Food service | |||
| JANCOA Janitorial Services | Janitorial Service | |||
| Kroger | Grocery | |||
The more people private industry lays off, the more they turn to government and vote Democrat. When people make good money working for private industry, they vote Republican. Voters are not going to bite the hand that feeds them. Voters vote Republican during good times.