US layoff notices — week of May 17, 1999 to May 23, 1999

6WARN notices

658workers affected

3states

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
Union Underwear	KY	Taylor	200	1999-05-17
Green River Steel	KY	Daviess	184	1999-05-17
ST. Francis School for Exceptional Children	IL	FREEPORT, 1209 SOUTH WALNUT AVENUE	96	1999-05-19
Wex Tex Industries	AL	Ashford	90	1999-05-17
Zenith Electronics Corp. Parts Sales Warehouse	IL	CHICAGO, 1900 NORTH AUSTIN AVENUE	88	1999-05-17
Jacobs Engineering Group	IL	CHICAGO, 222 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA 14TH FLOOR	0	1999-05-18

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Kentucky (KY)	2	384
Illinois (IL)	3	184
Alabama (AL)	1	90

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