Capitalist Greed Ruins LL Flooring—Stores Closing Due to Lack of Regulation.

LL Flooring Screws Over Workers with Bankruptcy

LL Flooring, formerly Lumber Liquidators, has dropped the axe on its workers, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closing 94 stores in over 30 states, impacting countless lives. Since when was long-term debt more important than people's livelihoods? The company, based in Richmond, Virginia, blames slowing home sales and rising interest rates, but really, they're just sacrificing their workers to maintain profits. They've also stopped accepting gift cards, screwing over their customers too. Way to go, LL Flooring.

Where are these stores closing, you ask? Well, take a look at this list of destruction:

• Alabama - Tuscaloosa: 3305 McFarland Blvd. E
• Arizona - Mesa: 1845 S. Power Rd; Phoenix: 2120 S. 7th St.; Prescott Valley: 6889 E. 1st St.
• California - Bakersfield: 3601 Ming Ave.; Burlingame: 1501 Adrian Rd.; Elk Grove: 877 Elk Grove Blvd.; Fairfield: 1595 Holiday Ln.; Fresno: 5091 N. Fresno St.; Rancho Cucamonga: 10920 Foothill Blvd.; Salinas: 1043 N. Main St.; San Diego: 2222 Verus St.; Santee: 240 Town Center Pkwy.; Torrance: 1431 W. Knox St.; Visalia: 3275 S. Mooney Blvd.
• Colorado - Longmont: 633 Frontage Rd.; Loveland: 2985 N. Garfield Ave.; Thornton: 930 E. 104th Ave.
• Connecticut - Milford: 1389 Boston Post Rd.; North Haven: 430 Universal Dr. North; Norwalk: 651 Connecticut Ave.; Waterbury: 1012 Wolcott St.
• Florida - Clearwater Showroom: 2613 Gulf to Bay Blvd.; Florida City: 33550 S. Dixie Highway; Gainsville: 2607 NW 13th St.; St. Augustine: 330 CBL Dr.; Tampa: 8444 W. Hillsborough Ave.
• Georgia - Cumming: 580 Atlanta Rd.; Roswell: 593 Holcomb Bridge Rd.
• Illinois - Bloomington: 1701 E. Empire St.; Champaign: 301 W. Marketview Dr.; Crystal Lake: 4500 W. Northwest Hwy; Peoria: 1467 N. Main St.; Geneva: 1530 S. Randall Rd.; Mundelein: 3080 W. Route 60; South Elgin: 356 Randall Rd.
• Indiana - Greenwood: 2117 Independence Dr.; Lafayette: 4315 Commerce Dr.; Muncie: 1515 W. McGalliard Rd.
• Iowa - Davenport: 321 W. Kimberly Rd.
• Louisiana - Broussard: 3401 U.S. 90; Lake Charles: 3415 Derek Dr.
• Massachusetts - Framingham: 235 Old Connecticut Path; Leominster: 110 Water Tower Plaza
• Maryland - Edgewood: 2710 Pulaski Hwy; Lutherville: 2151 York Rd.
• Michigan - Battle Creek: 5700 Beckley Rd.; Kentwood: 4260 28th St. SE
• Minnesota - Chanhassen: 2973 Water Tower Pl.; Rochester: 5139 Highway 52 N.; St. Cloud: 3324 Division St. W.
• Mississippi - Hattiesburg: 4700 Hardy St.
• Missouri - Chesterfield: 17724 Chesterfield Airport Rd.; Joplin: 732 S. Range Line Rd.; Kansas City: 2618 NE Vivion Rd.
• Nevada - Las Vegas: 4588 N. Rancho Dr.
• New Jersey - Mount Holly: 531 High St.; Woodbridge: 507 King George's Rd.; Woodbury: 1450 Clements Bridge Rd.
• New York - Medford: 700 E. Patchogue Yaphank Rd.; New Hartford: 8619 Clinton St.; Staten Island: 2040 Forest Ave.; Westbury: 24 Kinkel St.
• North Carolina - Burlington: 1809 S. Church St.
• Ohio - Cincinnati: 454 Ohio Pike; Columbus: 4242 W. Broad St.; Reynoldsburg: 2736 Brice Rd.; Solon: 6025 Kruse Dr.
• Oregon - Albany: 1241 SE Clay St.
• Pennsylvania - Exton: 213 W. Lincoln Hwy; Fairless Hills: 150 Lincoln Hwy; Philadelphia: 1530 S. Columbus Blvd.
• Tennessee - Clarksville: 115 Terminal Rd.; Franklin: 209 S. Royal Oaks Blvd.; Jackson: 1245 Vann Dr.
• Texas - Abilene: 4127 S. Danville Dr.; Arlington: 808 Interstate 20; College Station: 1140 Harvey Rd.; Denton: 2311 Colorado Blvd.; Fort Worth: 425 Sherry Ln.; Houston: 8366 Westheimer Rd.; Katy: 620 Katy Ft Bend Rd.; Killeen: 1101 S. Fort Hood St.; McAllen: 3300 W. Expressway 83; San Antonio: 3142 SE Military Dr.; Sherman: 1215 S. Sam Rayburn Freeway
• Utah - Riverdale: 4040 Riverdale Rd.
• Virginia - Woodbridge: 14516 Potomac Mills Rd.
• Washington - Bellingham: 145 E. Stuart Rd.; Olympia: 1520 Cooper Point Rd. SW; Yakima: 2319 S. 1st St.
• West Virginia - Beckley: 1020 N. Eisenhower Dr.; Parkersburg: 2838 Pike St.
• Wisconsin - Menomonee Falls: N81W15180 Appleton Ave.

And, as if that's not enough, they're not the only ones. Big Lots is also threatening to close up to 315 stores, putting even more jobs at risk. Their sales fell over 10% this year, and they're taking it out on their workforce. When will these corporations learn that people matter more than profits?