US layoff notices — week of Jul 28, 1997 to Aug 3, 1997

2WARN notices

479workers affected

1states

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 this week

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Central Telephone Company of Illinois	IL	Park Ridge, 36 S Fairview Ave	419	1997-07-28
Montgomery Ward Electric Avenue & More Store	IL	ROCKFORD, 6260 E STATE STREET	60	1997-08-01

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Illinois (IL)	2	479

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