Friday, February 03, 2012

More Layoffs In Ohio

With news that the unemployment rate went down nationally, you have to wonder why Ohio is not seeing the same movement.  It must be because of the leadership of Gov. John Kasich. Here are some new layoffs from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services Warn Notice page:

Date
Rec'd
Company City (County) Number
Affected
Layoff
Date(s)
Phone
Number
Union WARN
ID
02/02/2012  Thirty-One Gifts Columbus (Franklin), Johnstown (Licking)  183 02/01/2012  (614) 414-4739 N/A 000-11-033
02/02/2012  Schneider Logistics Inc. (SLI) West Chester (Butler)  10 03/31/2012  (734) 216-8996 N/A 012-11-032
02/02/2012  Liz Claiborne Distribution Center West Chester (Butler)  365 01/27/2012 through 09/01/2012  (201) 295-7164 CMRJB, Workers United 012-11-03




What is Kasich doing wrong?  Even American Greetings which sought and received money from the state, announced that it is laying off 30 people (see Plunderbund for details).  Hmmmm. What did they do with that $90+ million they received???? 

____ The NY Daily News:
The Dow Jones industrial average has closed at its highest level since before the 2008 financial crisis.

The Dow jumped 157 points Friday to close at 12,862. That's the highest since May 2008. The Nasdaq composite index closed at its highest level since December 2000.

Before the market opened, the Labor Department said companies hired 243,000 employees in January. That's the strongest job growth in nine months. The increase in hiring pushed the unemployment rate down to 8.3 percent.....

Someone needs to ask our high flying governor why Ohio isn't experiencing the hiring.