US layoff notices — week of Dec 30, 2002 to Jan 5, 2003

8WARN notices
19,900workers affected
5states

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
United AirlinesILCHICAGO, O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT14,4872002-12-30
United AirlinesILELK GROVE VILLAGE, 1200 EAST ALGONQUIN ROAD4,1492002-12-30
Culinary FoodsILCHICAGO, 4201 SOUTH ASHLAND4472002-12-30
Kentucky Electrical SteelKYBoyd3112003-01-03
International PaperKYChristian3002003-01-02
Menasha PackagingMIColoma1152003-01-03
Sara Lee Baking GroupALHuntsville722002-12-30
American IdentityKSBonner Springs, One Swingster Rd; Bonner Springs, Kansas 66012192003-01-04

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)319,083
Kentucky (KY)2611
Michigan (MI)1115
Alabama (AL)172
Kansas (KS)119
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