US layoff notices — week of Aug 10, 1998 to Aug 16, 1998

4WARN notices

28,050workers 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
Northwest Airlines	OR	ST. PAUL, MN	27,500	1998-08-11
Gayfers, South Group Office	AL	Mobile	250	1998-08-14
Russell Corporation-Slocomb	AL	Slocomb	200	1998-08-13
Gayfers, Montgomery Distribution Center	AL	Montgomery	100	1998-08-14

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Oregon (OR)	1	27,500
Alabama (AL)	3	550

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