US layoff notices — October 2011

68WARN notices
5,207workers affected
17states

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 2011

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Kimberly-ClarkWAEverett7602011-10-19
Washington State Employment Security DepartmentWAStatewide2222011-10-21
Lawrenceburg Distillers IndianaINLawrenceburg1762011-10-21
Ford MotorINIndianapolis1632011-10-20
Bae Systems, Uscs-Anniston/2ALAnniston1552011-10-31
Livingston ServicesCTPlainville1302011-10-03
Graphic Packaging InternationalINLaPorte1282011-10-12
kgbKS1262011-10-27
CFRI-HWKD Maple GroveORMonmouth1202011-10-19
HMS HostUTSLC1182011-10-17
Lowe?s Home CenterRINorth Kingstown1102011-10-17
Lowe'sNJOld Bridge1102011-10-01
KmartAZ1052011-10-15
Sixth Avenue ElectronicsNJSpringfield1002011-10-01
MAHLE Engine ComponentsCTTrumbull992011-10-24

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Washington (WA)61,275
Illinois (IL)11811
Indiana (IN)9808
New Jersey (NJ)8514
Connecticut (CT)10406
Alabama (AL)2244
Kansas (KS)6232
Utah (UT)2214
Arizona (AZ)3188
Oregon (OR)1120
Rhode Island (RI)1110
South Dakota (SD)284
Kentucky (KY)168
Nebraska (NE)368
Maryland (MD)160
Iowa (IA)15
Oklahoma (OK)10
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