US layoff notices — week of Dec 12, 2005 to Dec 18, 2005

5WARN notices

1,118workers 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
Russell Corp. (Alex City)	AL	Alexander City	747	2005-12-13
Russell Corp. (Plant #7-Bleachery)	AL	Alexander City	180	2005-12-13
Chiquita Fresh Cut	IL	Manteno, 1340 Sycamore Road	100	2005-12-12
Cardinal Health	IL	Waukegan, 3651 Birchwood Drive	79	2005-12-12
Boeing	KS	—	12	2005-12-16

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Alabama (AL)	2	927
Illinois (IL)	2	179
Kansas (KS)	1	12

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