US layoff notices — February 2002

24WARN notices

3,277workers affected

5states

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 2002

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Pillowtex	AL	Phenix City	818	2002-02-28
Fayette Cotton Mill	AL	Fayette	286	2002-02-28
Pacificare	OR	HILLSBORO	279	2002-02-21
Uniprise & Unitedhealth Care	IL	MATTESON, 600 HOLIDAY PLAZA	211	2002-02-05
Raytheon	KS	—	197	2002-02-01
Hobart	KS	—	190	2002-02-25
Mobile Pulley and Machine Works	AL	Mobile	134	2002-02-02
General Mills	IL	GENEVA, 2089 PILLSBURY DRIVE	119	2002-02-13
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway	KS	—	100	2002-02-21
Wehadkee Yarn Mills-Chinnabee Plant	AL	Talladega	90	2002-02-19
Cna Insurance	KS	—	89	2002-02-06
GENCO Distribution System	IL	ELK GROVE VILLAGE, 875 DEVON AVENUE SUITE A	85	2002-02-18
Great Bend Manufacturing Co. - Div. of Bush Hog, L	KS	—	80	2002-02-21
Fourply	OR	GRANTS PASS	80	2002-02-28
Apac Customer Services	IL	DEERFIELD, SIX PARKWAY NORTH	73	2002-02-01

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Alabama (AL)	4	1,328
Illinois (IL)	8	746
Kansas (KS)	8	711
Oregon (OR)	3	422
Kentucky (KY)	1	70

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