US layoff notices — week of Jun 2, 2008 to Jun 8, 2008

9WARN notices
1,142workers 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
Russell Corp., Coosa River TextilesALWetumpka5502008-06-03
Bank of AmericaILChicago, 4901 West Irving Park Road1312008-06-04
Fort Knox NationalKY792008-06-03
Home DepotKY782008-06-04
Minnesota/Owensboro Executive InnKY722008-06-06
Home DepotVT692008-06-03
CA Gardiner VeneerKY602008-06-06
Brooke CapitalKS562008-06-06
Occidental ChemicalALMuscle Shoals472008-06-03

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Alabama (AL)2597
Kentucky (KY)4289
Illinois (IL)1131
Vermont (VT)169
Kansas (KS)156
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