US layoff notices — week of Oct 4, 2004 to Oct 10, 2004

11WARN notices
630workers 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
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompMISouthfield3702004-10-04
Peerless-Premier ApplianceILBELLEVILLE, 119 S 14TH STREET1002004-10-04
Berwick OffrayALAnniston892004-10-05
Thomson NETgILChicago, 8700 W Bryn Mawr Avenue712004-10-04

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Michigan (MI)1370
Illinois (IL)2171
Alabama (AL)189
Kansas (KS)10
New York (NY)60
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