Ohio again near top of layoff list

[UpInArms]

http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2005/08/22/daily6.html?jst=b_ln_hl

The number of mass layoffs increased again in July in the Buckeye state, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.

Ohio employers initiated 115 mass layoff events in July, resulting in 25,306 initial claims for unemployment insurance, according to the bureau. The numbers are up, compared with June when employers took 62 mass layoff actions, resulting in 11,541 unemployment insurance claims. However, the numbers are below July 2004 levels, when employers initiated 122 mass layoffs involving 26,605 workers.

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Among the states, Ohio recorded the third highest number of initial claims in July, trailing California, with 41,741, and Michigan, with 34,561. Indiana was fourth with 15,176. The four states combined accounted for 45 percent of all mass layoff events and 48 percent of the initial claims for unemployment insurance.

Nationwide, U.S. employers took 1,249 mass layoff actions in July, involving 131,326 workers.

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[PsN2Wind]

1. The "Bush economy"

is sure working out for them there.

[Supersedeas]

29. but but but Gay Marriage was the critical issue in the Buckeye State

[Kukesa]

2. I'm to blame.

During last year's campaign, the Repubs kept telling people if they voted for John Kerry, there would be more layoffs.

I did. See what happened?

Oh, and all those (Dayton) WPAFB jobs that may go to Massachusetts? Same story. They told us -- actually sometimes they screamed at us: Vote for Kerry and Dayton will lose those jobs.

[Benhurst]

11. At least they were right about that. The people did VOTE for

John Kerry, and there have been more layoffs. If their votes had been counted, however, things might be different now.

[YOY]

3. I warned them...

They called me a "lib'ral", "anti-american", and "for the terr-wrists"

My one RW friend asked me if I was happy about being right. My angry reply was "How could anyone be happy about being right about this."

He was pretty speechless.

[BlueJazz]

5. I had one Republican ask me if I was happy also......

(about the war and the Economy) ..I looked him square in the eye and said in a VERY nasty voice: "Well, frankly, any person with an IQ over 60 could or should have seen this coming a mile away. I've never seen a Republican Administration yet that didn't fuck things up for everybody".

[YOY]

7. They think its a game

Some of it is...up until it effects you dirrectly, then it's just not funny anymore now is it?

[ladjf]

4. "As you sow, so shall you reap". Ohioans need to think about

kicking out the corrupt Republican administration in order to get their votes counted accurately.

[VegasWolf]

6. Well, they voted for Mr Layoff in Chief!!! But, hey, gays can't get

married in Ohio!!! Good job!!!

[mongo]

9. Sorry, but the majority voted for Kerry

The exit polls didn't lie. Every dirty trick in the book was used. I saw some of it with my own eyes.

Yeah, we are more or less split down the middle here, but it is block by block, neighbor against neighbor.

[VegasWolf]

10. Sorry, Ohio went for Bush! If your house is dirty, then only the

people of Ohio can fix it. Calling it a dirty election means nothing, it is actions that count.

[OzarkDem]

17. Is this constructive?

Bashing Ohio Dems isn't going to win you any friends here.

[VegasWolf]

21. Who is bashing Ohio Democrats? Last I looked, it was the Republicans

doing all the winning. The same is true here in Nevada, each
red state needs to deal with its own issues. If Ohio's elections are dirty, which I suspect they are, then Ohio needs to fix them.
That is constructive.

[mongo]

22. It's not like folks didn't try

How many lawsuits have been filed so far? Not to mention the fact that Kerry abandoned Ohio when he could have made a stand.

Looks like we will have some election reform initatives on the ballot in '06.

[WCGreen]

23. Ohio Dem's need to be bashed....

I was involved for eight years with the democratic party in Ohio, big time....

The whole process out side of Cuyahoga County is non existant....

they tried several times to get things of the ground and then....

well, the leadership wa good at raising money for clinton the there gubernatorial candidates, but on down the ticket....

Nothing.....

we could have taken out Blackwell in 98 but a decision was made at the last minute to "focus" on the top of the ticket.....

Nothing changes....

[Kukesa]

15. Gotta agree with you, Mongo.

You and I know how hard we worked and how optimistic things seemed on election day.

[CrazyForKucinich]

8. Snowball effect

If people have no jobs they have no money to support other businesses in their area...thus creating less demand for workers. Simple really.

It will only get worse.

[area51]

12. "It will only get worse."

Exactly. I know anyone relying only on the republican-biased news for info on the economy is going to be really surprised when they get fired in this dying economy. They'll have no idea of just how difficult it is to get a job.

[HughBeaumont]

13. And, thusly, the real estate appreciation is among the lowest

in the country. Gotta migrate to where the jobs are at, and it ain't here. Astronomical taxes, electricity and other utilities make going south more attractive to businesses.

[OzarkDem]

19. Actually taxes aren't bad

especially for businesses. Its probably one of the lowest tax states I've lived in. Housing costs are very reasonable, too.

Its the growing problems with undefunding education spending that are catching up.

[mom cat]

14. Time for Hackett for Senate!

[OzarkDem]

16. Strickland for Governor

Time to clean up the scum in Columbus and get rid of "pay to play". Its time to start taxing employers who send jobs overseas or offshore and start penalizing them for not supporting Ohio.

[mod mom]

18. Our (some say) elected officials in Ohio are Republicans, they are

too busy playing golf, eating at expensive steak houses and collecting beanie babies to worry about bringing jobs to Ohio>

[OzarkDem]

20. They're also busy giving away our taxes

to these same businesses. They're very lax when it comes to letting companies and the wealthy send assets offshore to avoid taxation.

[WCGreen]

25. They have thrown so much cash at the business

interests here in Ohio that they can't attract anyone else to come to the state....

We are bankrupted by crony capitalism

[Robeson]

27. The Republican Party has always had a corrupt and powerful political...

...machine in Ohio, and its not surprising they rule it like a fiefdom. And I knew if it came down to that state for the election, Kerry would lose. Repugs have had a history of controlling elections with Ohio right in the middle. Eight presidents have come from Ohio, and all but one were Republicans, and that exception, was a Whig, pre-cursor to the Republicans. They were some of the most corrupt administrations in this nations history, and were some of the most corrupted elections in American history. The fact that they have a crooked machine in Ohio, should be no surprise to anyone. They have a lot of experience in that state.

[DenaliDemocrat]

24. No offense to the good democrats of Ohio but...

for the idiots that voted for Bush. You made your bed, now lie in it.

[Nikia]

26. Hasn't this problem been going on for a long time?

I don't feel like searching for stats, but from what I have read and experienced first hand, growing up in Ohio, the decline of Ohio has been going on beginning around the time of Reagan. Much of the Ohio economy was supported by the manufacturing industry. People had good Union jobs which allowed the majority of people to live a middle class lifestyle. The decline of manufacturing and the decline of Unions has hit Ohio hard, both in the big cities like Cleveland and Toledo and the smaller towns.

[depakid]

28. Oh well-

Reap what you sow.