US layoff notices — May 2009

98WARN notices
15,738workers affected
11states

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 May 2009

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
United States SteelALFairfield1,7112009-05-08
MicrosoftWARedmond1,2002009-05-05
CaterpillarINLafayette9852009-05-15
ArcelorMittalINEast Chicago9782009-05-12
Wabash NationalINLafayette7902009-05-01
AK SteelKY7502009-05-13
CumminsINWalesboro6942009-05-07
NikeORBeaverton5002009-05-14
Fort Wayne FoundryINColumbia City2872009-05-29
XPAC - Division 13ILBartonville, 6409 W. Smithville Rd.2792009-05-04
Delta FaucetINGreensburg2652009-05-27
Martinrea InternationalKY2622009-05-27
Great Bend Packing PlantKS2272009-05-08
TeleperformanceUTClearfield1892009-05-06
Adronics/Elrob ManufacturingKS1802009-05-05

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Indiana (IN)185,309
Alabama (AL)82,438
Illinois (IL)191,848
Washington (WA)91,794
Kentucky (KY)121,722
New Jersey (NJ)14916
Oregon (OR)3662
Kansas (KS)6535
Utah (UT)4359
South Dakota (SD)2155
Oklahoma (OK)30
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