US layoff notices — week of Apr 25, 2011 to May 1, 2011

30WARN notices
2,907workers affected
9states

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
Flextronics AmericasNJCharlotte4132011-05-01
Amcor Specialty Packaging Glass Tubing AmericasNJMillville4122011-05-01
Lakewood of VoorheesNJVoorhees2582011-05-01
National VisionNJPennsauken2132011-05-01
LiDestri FoodsNJPennsauken1462011-05-01
Pinnacle Foods GroupWATacoma1392011-04-26
Thomas & BettsIAClinton1392011-04-25
Precision CameraCTEnfield1152011-04-28
Home Care IndustriesNJClifton1152011-05-01
Bank of AmericaILRolling Meadows, 1600 Golf Road1102011-04-27
Solo CupMD10100 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills, MD1012011-04-29
Bank of New York MellonNJLodi982011-05-01
Bank of New York MellonNJLodi982011-05-01
Sykes EnterprisesKY962011-04-28
Children & Families of IowaIAFort Dodge842011-04-29

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
New Jersey (NJ)91,784
Kentucky (KY)3250
Iowa (IA)3227
Washington (WA)2193
Connecticut (CT)6120
Maryland (MD)2119
Illinois (IL)2110
Alabama (AL)172
Kansas (KS)232
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