US layoff notices — week of Sep 1, 2008 to Sep 7, 2008

19WARN notices
3,965workers affected
4states

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
Newark Morning LedgerNJNEWARK1,6572008-09-01
Ford MotorILChicago, 12600 S Torrence Ave7922008-09-03
Popular MortgageNJCHERRY HILL1672008-09-01
Times of TrentonNJTRENTON1512008-09-01
Equity OneNJMARLTON1472008-09-01
HSBC Consumer Lending DeptILElmhurst, 577 Lamont Road1252008-09-04
Burlington ResinsNJBURLINGTON1222008-09-01
LearINHammond1212008-09-03
Ebi HoldingsNJPARSIPPANY1112008-09-01
Njfop FundraisingNJOCEAN992008-09-01
Porter AthleticILBroadview, 2500 S 25TH Ave902008-09-02
VWR IntNJBRIDGEPORT762008-09-01
Kurz KaschINWabash722008-09-04
American Fuji SealNJFAIRFIELD682008-09-01
WachoviaNJSTATEWIDE562008-09-01

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
New Jersey (NJ)122,718
Illinois (IL)31,007
Indiana (IN)2193
Kentucky (KY)247
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