US layoff notices — October 2004

31WARN notices
4,655workers affected
7states

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 October 2004

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Chicago Transit AuthorityILChicago, 567 West Lake Street1,0502004-10-27
Cingular WirelessNJWOODBRIDGE3872004-10-01
Kraft Foods GlobalILNiles, 7777 North Caldwell3452004-10-01
Wexler MeatILChicago, 963 West 37th Street3002004-10-26
ETSNJLAWRENCE TWP.2542004-10-01
Lyon Workspace ProductsILMontgomery, 420 N Main Street2002004-10-01
Saint Gobain Ceramics Corhart RefractoriesKYJefferson1502004-10-12
AT&T BSC Services EnterpriseILChicago, 227 West Monroe Street1352004-10-18
Medline IndustriesALMonroeville1342004-10-12
Charles SchwabNJJERSEY CITY1312004-10-01
RBC MortgageILChicago, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza1302004-10-19
Dozier ManufacturingALDozier1302004-10-02
Flynn EnterprisesKYMuhlenberg1102004-10-22
HMS HostWASeaTac1032004-10-18
Shire USKYCampbell1022004-10-12

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)112,545
New Jersey (NJ)81,110
Alabama (AL)4399
Kentucky (KY)3362
Washington (WA)2150
Oregon (OR)189
Kansas (KS)20
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