US layoff notices — January 2009

151WARN notices
23,708workers affected
15states

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 2009

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
CessnaKS—2,8002009-01-29
GM - Lansing Delta TownshipMILansing1,2462009-01-26
MicrosoftWARedmond8722009-01-23
CaterpillarILEast Peoria, 100 Sanford Street7582009-01-30
Elwood Staffing/Honda PlantALLincoln7062009-01-26
Motorola MobilityILLibertyville, 600 N. U.S. Highway 456672009-01-22
Meadowbrook Farms CooperativeILRantoul, 205 Turner Drive6042009-01-27
CaterpillarILAurora, P.O. Box 3485962009-01-30
Viking YachtNJNew Gretna5412009-01-01
Kable Fulfillment ServicesILMt. Morris, 16 South Wesley Avenue4132009-01-14
TeleperformanceINFishers3952009-01-29
Syracuse China Company a subsidiary of LibbeyNYOnondaga2802009-01-15
Hutchinson TechnologySDSioux Falls2752009-01-08
IBM - Hudson Valley Research ParkNYDutchess2742009-01-28
Caterpillar Mapleton/Cast Metal OrgILMapleton, 5124 W Pfeiffer Road2502009-01-30

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)275,211
Michigan (MI)153,112
Kansas (KS)53,100
New York (NY)342,989
New Jersey (NJ)172,216
Washington (WA)102,040
Indiana (IN)171,944
Alabama (AL)5937
Kentucky (KY)5482
Oregon (OR)4464
Delaware (DE)6453
South Dakota (SD)2320
Idaho (ID)1171
Utah (UT)2148
Rhode Island (RI)1121
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