US layoff notices — week of May 19, 2008 to May 25, 2008

8WARN notices
1,151workers affected
6states

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
Ford Motor Company Louisville Assembly PlantKY—7562008-05-23
BallWAKent1122008-05-19
Air MidwestKS—892008-05-19
Gage IndustiresOR—752008-05-22
Leviton ManufacturingILBensenville, 700 Golf Lane712008-05-23
Brose ChicagoILChicago, 12543 S. Burley Avenue282008-05-21
Student Financial Loan Corporation (SFLC)SDAberdeen182008-05-20
Sun MicrosystemsWABellevue22008-05-22

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Kentucky (KY)1756
Washington (WA)2114
Illinois (IL)299
Kansas (KS)189
Oregon (OR)175
South Dakota (SD)118
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