US layoff notices — December 2012

59WARN notices

5,397workers 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 December 2012

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
TriWest Healthcare Alliance	AZ	—	904	2012-12-10
Cequent Performance Products	IN	Goshen	434	2012-12-20
Cementation	AZ	Superior	400	2012-12-10
Johnson Controls Interior Mfg., US	KY	—	392	2012-12-07
CH2M Hill	AK	North Slope	380	2012-12-20
Arch Coal, Inc. Knott County and Raven Complexes	KY	—	259	2012-12-26
Hostess Brands	TN	Memphis, Shelby County	204	2012-12-06
Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facili	OR	Hermiston	178	2012-12-11
Steel Parts Manufacturing	IN	Tipton	173	2012-12-27
TriWest Healthcare Alliance	WA	Pierce County	127	2012-12-18
Sodexo	AL	Tuskegee	124	2012-12-14
Arbor E&T	IN	Indianapolis	117	2012-12-06
Life Care Center of West Seattle	WA	Seattle	99	2012-12-20
Genuardi's	NJ	Marlton	98	2012-12-01
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey	NJ	Newark	96	2012-12-01

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Arizona (AZ)	4	1,354
Kentucky (KY)	5	744
Indiana (IN)	3	724
Tennessee (TN)	14	719
Alaska (AK)	2	411
New Jersey (NJ)	5	323
Washington (WA)	8	295
Oregon (OR)	2	185
Maryland (MD)	4	169
Illinois (IL)	2	157
Alabama (AL)	1	124
Iowa (IA)	1	94
Nebraska (NE)	3	68
Kansas (KS)	2	27
Connecticut (CT)	3	3

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