US layoff notices — week of Jan 21, 2008 to Jan 27, 2008

7WARN notices

2,173workers 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

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Tyson Fresh Meats	KS	—	1,550	2008-01-25
DuPont Performance Elastomer	KY	—	223	2008-01-25
Schult Homes and CMH Manufacturing IN	KS	—	135	2008-01-21
Knauf Insulation	AL	Lanett	75	2008-01-22
Digio	WA	KIRKLAND	69	2008-01-24
Sprint	KS	—	63	2008-01-25
Qwest	SD	Sioux Falls	58	2008-01-24

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Kansas (KS)	3	1,748
Kentucky (KY)	1	223
Alabama (AL)	1	75
Washington (WA)	1	69
South Dakota (SD)	1	58

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