US layoff notices — January 2009

100WARN notices
17,354workers affected
12states

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
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
Hutchinson TechnologySDSioux Falls2752009-01-08
Caterpillar Mapleton/Cast Metal OrgILMapleton, 5124 W Pfeiffer Road2502009-01-30
ACH FoodILChampaign, 710 N. Mattis2462009-01-12
QwestWASeattle2352009-01-21
GE SecurityORTualatin2222009-01-08

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)275,211
Kansas (KS)53,100
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
Rhode Island (RI)1121
Utah (UT)166
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