US layoff notices — week of May 11, 1998 to May 17, 1998

5WARN notices

928workers 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
Lynden Farms	OR	Portland	312	1998-05-12
Brunswick Bicycles	IL	EFFINGHAM, 1304 WEST JAYCEE AVENUE	280	1998-05-14
First Alert Headquarters	IL	AURORA, 3901 LIBERTY STREET ROAD	150	1998-05-14
J.C. Penney	IL	MACHESNEY PARK, 8702 NORTH 2ND STREET	101	1998-05-13
Palex	IL	MATTOON, 1300 BROADWAY AVE EAST	85	1998-05-13

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Illinois (IL)	4	616
Oregon (OR)	1	312

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