US layoff notices — week of Oct 6, 1997 to Oct 12, 1997

7WARN notices
633workers 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

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Norforge and MachiningILBUSHNELL, 195 N DEAN STREET1451997-10-08
Montgomery Ward &ILWAUKEGAN, 221 LAKEHURST ROAD1081997-10-10
Montgomery Ward &ILLANSING, 16771 TORRENCE AVENUE921997-10-10
Zenith ElectronicsILCHICAGO, 1500 NORTH KOSTNER AVENUE891997-10-06
Fischer ImagingILAddison, 2301 W Windsor Ct701997-10-10
Montgomery Ward &ILNORMAL, 301 SOUTH VETERANS PKWAY651997-10-10
Gold Standard BakingILChicago, 3700 S Kedzie Ave641997-10-08

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)7633
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