US layoff notices — week of Apr 27, 2009 to May 3, 2009

31WARN notices
4,735workers affected
10states

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
CessnaKS1,3002009-04-29
Wabash NationalINLafayette7902009-05-01
Discover Financial ServicesILRiverwoods, 2500 Lake Cook Rd.3002009-04-29
Allstate InsuranceILNorthbrook, 3100 Sanders Road2182009-04-28
E*Trade FinancialNJJERSEY CITY1712009-05-01
Providence Public LibraryRIProvidence1712009-04-29
ZymoGeneticsWASeattle1702009-04-30
First Interstate FinancialNJSHREWSBURY1702009-05-01
WintechKY1672009-05-01
BaldorINColumbus1222009-04-30
Boise CascadeORLaGrande1202009-04-29
American Spring WireILKankakee, 1775 American way1192009-04-27
American Medical Response Ambulance ServiceINFort Wayne1162009-05-01
Filene's BasementNJSTATEWIDE1162009-05-01
United States GypsumNJCLARK832009-05-01

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Kansas (KS)21,300
Indiana (IN)31,028
New Jersey (NJ)14916
Illinois (IL)4694
Oregon (OR)3173
Rhode Island (RI)1171
Washington (WA)1170
Kentucky (KY)1167
South Dakota (SD)163
Utah (UT)153
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