US layoff notices — week of Oct 20, 2008 to Oct 26, 2008

10WARN notices

1,870workers 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

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Physician's Medical Center	AL	Birmingham	1,000	2008-10-20
Clayton Homes and CMH Manufacturing	KY	—	170	2008-10-20
Morning Sun	WA	Tacoma	162	2008-10-23
Altivity Packaging	IL	St. Charles, 1501 Indiana Avenue	105	2008-10-24
Northern Illinois Hospital Services	IL	Rockford, 4620 American Road	86	2008-10-20
Salga	IN	Fremont	83	2008-10-21
Saputo Cheese	VT	—	82	2008-10-22
Gate Gourmet	IL	Chicago, 1500 S. Lumber Street	72	2008-10-23
TicketsNow	IL	Crystal Lake, 265 Exchange Dr. Lower Level	62	2008-10-24
Archer Land Title	IN	Indianapolis	48	2008-10-24

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Alabama (AL)	1	1,000
Illinois (IL)	4	325
Kentucky (KY)	1	170
Washington (WA)	1	162
Indiana (IN)	2	131
Vermont (VT)	1	82

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