US layoff notices — week of Dec 1, 1997 to Dec 7, 1997

6WARN notices

791workers affected

2states

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
Clark Distribution Services	IL	Bedford Park, 7525 S Sayre Ave	200	1997-12-01
Sportmart	IL	Wheeling, 1400 S Wolf Rd Ste 200	200	1997-12-02
Penn Daniels	IL	Quincy, 505 N 24TH St	190	1997-12-05
Eugene F. Burrill Lumber	OR	White City	120	1997-12-04
Professional Software	IL	EFFINGHAM, 1 PSI PLAZA, BOX 1348	50	1997-12-01
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway	IL	JOLIET, 1141 MAPLE ROAD	31	1997-12-05

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Illinois (IL)	5	671
Oregon (OR)	1	120

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