US layoff notices — week of Jan 24, 2011 to Jan 30, 2011

12WARN notices

2,134workers 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

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Electrolux	IA	Webster City	510	2011-01-27
Chugach World Services	AL	Redstone Arsenal	317	2011-01-27
Pilchuck Contractors	WA	Puget Sound	300	2011-01-28
Key Plastics	IN	Hartford City	214	2011-01-27
Electrolux	IA	Webster City	173	2011-01-28
ABB	AL	Muscle Shoals	159	2011-01-26
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. /Sam's Club	RI	Warwick	122	2011-01-25
HK Logistics	IL	Mossville, P.O. Box 259	89	2011-01-25
Caterpillar Logistics	IN	Greenfield	84	2011-01-24
Genesee Tristarr	AL	Rogersville	69	2011-01-28
Dynegy Inc. Vermilion Power Station	IL	Oakwood, 10188E 2150N	53	2011-01-25
GE Aviation	MD	20501 Seneca Medows Pkwy, Germantown, MD	44	2011-01-26

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Iowa (IA)	2	683
Alabama (AL)	3	545
Washington (WA)	1	300
Indiana (IN)	2	298
Illinois (IL)	2	142
Rhode Island (RI)	1	122
Maryland (MD)	1	44

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