US layoff notices — January 1998

8WARN notices

1,992workers affected

2states

Counts cover the free tier, no delay of the normalized US WARN dataset; notices that surface later are added to this page retroactively. Worker totals sum only notices that published a headcount.

Biggest layoff notices in January 1998

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Amerail - American Passenger Rail Car	IL	CHICAGO, 900 EAST 103RD STREET	598	1998-01-28
Weyerhaeuser Wood Products	OR	North Bend	345	1998-01-13
Glenbrook Nickel	OR	Riddle	305	1998-01-29
Washburn International	IL	Mundelein, 444 E Courtland St	271	1998-01-07
Hyster	IL	DANVILLE, 1901 E VOORHEES STREET	175	1998-01-15
Johns Manville International Group	IL	Waukegan, 1871 N Pershing Rd	169	1998-01-27
Bank of America - Midwest Retail Operations Center	IL	CHICAGO, 105 WEST ADAMS	65	1998-01-16
AT&T Business Communication Services	IL	CHICAGO, 85 WEST CONGRESS PARKWAY	64	1998-01-23

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Illinois (IL)	6	1,342
Oregon (OR)	2	650

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