US layoff notices — May 2012

212WARN notices
20,546workers affected
23states

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 2012

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
RG SteelMD1430 Sparrows Point Blvd., Sparrows Point, MD1,9752012-05-23
Mountainside HospitalNJMontclair1,5752012-05-01
Hostess Brands-RevisedINStatewide8562012-05-04
Verizon WirelessWABellevue8142012-05-02
Hostess BrandsILHodgkins, Additional locations 7225 Santa Fe Dr8072012-05-04
G&D IntegratedILDecatur, Multiple Decatur sites 2380 Millikin Parkway5882012-05-31
Hostess navbar-headersUTStatewide5802012-05-09
MetLifeNJMorristown4962012-05-01
Hostess BrandsPAPhiladelphia, Philadelphia4582012-05-01
Dewey & LeBoeufNYNew York4332012-05-08
Dewey & LeBoeufNYNew York4332012-05-08
Unilever Ice CreamMD1100 Frederick Street, Hagerstown, MD4202012-05-09
JostensKS—3722012-05-14
University of Maryland Medical System chronic care programs offered at University Specialty HospitalMD601 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD3502012-05-04
Hostess Brands Notices for:2801 Lafayette Road2929 North Shadeland3806 Madison Ave5353 West 10th Street9233 East 33rd StreetINIndianapolis3402012-05-04

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Maryland (MD)83,300
New Jersey (NJ)133,044
Indiana (IN)302,566
Illinois (IL)92,245
Washington (WA)131,242
New York (NY)41,039
Tennessee (TN)12965
Pennsylvania (PA)16763
Utah (UT)2666
Kansas (KS)5635
Virginia (VA)7617
Kentucky (KY)8601
Connecticut (CT)19529
Arizona (AZ)22505
Michigan (MI)3369
Alabama (AL)5325
Idaho (ID)18313
Iowa (IA)3284
South Dakota (SD)3158
Oregon (OR)4146
Nebraska (NE)5130
Alaska (AK)190
Vermont (VT)214
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