US layoff notices — week of Oct 13, 2008 to Oct 19, 2008

12WARN notices
1,460workers affected
7states

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
Lincoln Park HospitalILChicago, 550 West Webster Ave.3502008-10-15
Meridian Yacht/US MarineWAArlington2762008-10-16
Bayliner- US MarineOR—1742008-10-16
Sears HoldingsINIndianapolis (2 locations)1102008-10-15
FFCILLee, 100 E. Lee Road972008-10-15
Taylor UniversityINFort Wayne932008-10-16
Fpmi SolutionsALArab892008-10-14
Leggett & PlattKY—862008-10-15
Milgard WindowsWAMarysville802008-10-14
KmartINClarksville532008-10-15
Progress Rail ServicesKS—442008-10-14
American StandardKY—82008-10-15

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)2447
Washington (WA)2356
Indiana (IN)3256
Oregon (OR)1174
Kentucky (KY)294
Alabama (AL)189
Kansas (KS)144
Following a company, a state or a whole year of layoffs — for a story, a study or a sales list? WARN Watch, $49/year runs your list against every refresh and gives you a private alert page + RSS (free for 30 days first, no card). The data itself — every notice back to 1988 — is free.