US layoff notices — week of Aug 31, 1998 to Sep 6, 1998

3WARN notices
539workers 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

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
First of America Bank-Champion NA (inc)ILBloomington, 115 E Washington St2481998-09-03
Lucent TechnologiesILNaperville, 2000 N. Naperville Rd.1611998-09-01
Fircrest FarmsORCRESWELL1301998-09-01

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)2409
Oregon (OR)1130
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