US layoff notices — February 1998

10WARN notices

3,064workers 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 February 1998

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Tetra and Air Sole Production	OR	—	1,500	1998-02-28
Zionssolutions	IL	Zion, 101 Shiloh Blvd	801	1998-02-25
First Data	IL	BUFFALO GROVE, 700 EAST LAKE COOK ROAD	190	1998-02-02
Lipton	IL	CHANNAHON, 24708 WEST DURKEE ROAD	172	1998-02-02
Venture Stores, Inc. V-151	IL	ROCKFORD, 5880 EAST STATE STREET	98	1998-02-10
Beardsley & Piper	IL	CHICAGO, 5501 WEST GRAND AVENUE	71	1998-02-09
Glenayre Electronics	IL	QUINCY, ONE GLENAYRE WAY	66	1998-02-05
Amaron Concrete and Steel	OR	Portland, O	60	1998-02-15
Wang Government Services	IL	CAHOKIA, 3939 MISSISSIPPI AVENUE	56	1998-02-12
Field Container Company L P	IL	MOMENCE, 214 MECHANIC ST BOX 500	50	1998-02-26

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Oregon (OR)	2	1,560
Illinois (IL)	8	1,504

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