US layoff notices — week of Jan 26, 2009 to Feb 1, 2009

37WARN notices
9,155workers affected
8states

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
CessnaKS—2,8002009-01-29
CaterpillarILEast Peoria, 100 Sanford Street7582009-01-30
Elwood Staffing/Honda PlantALLincoln7062009-01-26
Meadowbrook Farms CooperativeILRantoul, 205 Turner Drive6042009-01-27
CaterpillarILAurora, P.O. Box 3485962009-01-30
Fortunoff HoldingsNJSTATEWIDE4452009-02-01
TeleperformanceINFishers3952009-01-29
Caterpillar Mapleton/Cast Metal OrgILMapleton, 5124 W Pfeiffer Road2502009-01-30
Allied WasteWASeattle2032009-01-28
JL French Automotive CastingKY—1802009-01-26
AccentureKS—1602009-01-28
Dexter AxelINManchester1562009-01-30
GecomKY—1502009-01-29
Castleford TailorsNJWILLIAMSTOWN1452009-02-01
Sears Call CenterILNaperville, 1163 E. Ogden Ave. Suite 6101452009-01-26

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Kansas (KS)33,040
Illinois (IL)82,515
New Jersey (NJ)121,247
Alabama (AL)3759
Indiana (IN)4712
Washington (WA)4487
Kentucky (KY)2330
Delaware (DE)165
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