Sunday, April 17, 2011

Kasich Not Creating Jobs

Republican Gov. John Kasich criticized his predecessor, Gov. Ted Strickland, for not creating new jobs in Ohio.  While Kasich was a Vice President at Lehman Brothers and selling investments that eventually failed, Strickland was picking up the pieces of the recession caused by the Wall Street bankruptcies and bank disasters.  Now as governor, Kasich still hasn't delivered any new jobs.  To many people, Gov. Kasich seems to be playing a shell game by bragging about creating jobs that were already in Ohio (Ex. Bob Evans HQ, Diebold), and rewarding those companies with our valuable tax money.  While Kasich continues to fly around the state in state-owned planes,  someone needs to remind him that his bragadocious behavior is not creating any new jobs.

From the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) we can see that layoffs are still occurring during Kasich's term:

Current WARN Notices
04/15/11
Date
Rec'd
Company City (County) Number
Affected
Layoff
Date(s)
Phone
Number
Union WARN
ID
04/15/2011 Palmetto GBA Columbus (Franklin County) 92 June 17, 2011 (614) 473-6555 N/A 011-10-047
4/1/2011 Sodexo, Inc. Lewis Center (Delaware) 82 May 31, 2011 (630) 810-1144 N/A 007-10-047
3/14/2011 International Brake Industries, Inc. Lima (Allen) 153 Between 5/9/2011 & 6/3/2011 (419) 227-4421 UAW Local 975 007-10-046
3/9/2011 Worthington Steel Middletown (Butler) 79 5/7/2011 (513) 539-9291 USWA 012-10-045
3/4/2011 M & M Restaurant Supply Springfield (Clark) 171 5/1/2011 (513) 773-2315 IBT Local 957 007-10-044
3/2/2011 Influent Marietta (Washington) 135 Between 5/2/2011 & 5/15/2011 (614) 280-1600 ext. 3008 N/A 015-10-043
2/23/2011 Kmart #3784 Fremont (Sandusky) 133 04/29/2011 (847) 286-1427 N/A 007-10-042
2/14/2011 WellPoint, Inc.(Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield) Youngstown (Mahoning) 51 04/15/2011 & 05/31/2011 (330) 783-3723 N/A 017-10-041
2/10/2011 Therma-Tru Corporation Archbold (Fulton) 79 04/1/2011 (800) 322-8688 N/A 007-10-040
03/24/2011 Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc. Bowling Green (Wood) 200 04/05/2011 (419) 353-2500 USW Local 1152L 007-10-039
1/31/2011 Premier Manufacturing Corporation Cleveland (Cuyahoga) 100 03/28/2011 (216) 941-9700 USW Local 48U 003-10-038
1/28/2011 Exel Streetsboro (Portage) 69 4/2/2011 (614) 409-3757 IBT Local 507 019-10-037
1/28/2011 Kmart Medina (Medina) 184 03/26/11 (847) 286-1427 N/A 002-10-036
01/27/11 YRC Enterprise Services, Inc. Akron (Summit) 71 03/31/11 until 5/31/11 (330) 643-6929 N/A 002-10-035
01/27/11 USEC Piketon (Pike) 500 03/28/11 until 4/11/11 (740) 897-5843 USWA Local 689 001-10-034
01/07/11 Sears Holdings Corporation Akron (Summit) 85 04/3/11 (847) 286-2500 N/A 002-10-033
01/05/11 Kmart Hamilton (Butler) 79  3/27/11 (847) 286-1427 N/A 012-10-032
01/03/11 Xpress Loan Servicing
(CIT Group Inc.)
Cleveland(Cuyahoga)Cincinnati (Hamilton) 139 Begin 3/8/11 until 9/30/11 (216) 706-7440 N/A 003-10-031