US layoff notices — week of May 7, 2012 to May 13, 2012

29WARN notices

2,567workers 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

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Hostess navbar-headers	UT	Statewide	580	2012-05-09
Unilever Ice Cream	MD	1100 Frederick Street, Hagerstown, MD	420	2012-05-09
Sony DADC US	IN	Fishers	226	2012-05-11
Lipari Foods	IN	Delphos, OH	175	2012-05-08
Hostess Brands	AL	Statewide	172	2012-05-07
Corrections Corporation of America Otter Creek Correctional Facility	KY	—	156	2012-05-07
Hawker Beechcraft	KS	—	152	2012-05-11
Hostess Brands	WA	Seattle	111	2012-05-07
Verifications	SD	Mitchell	75	2012-05-07
Verifications	SD	Aberdeen	73	2012-05-07
Hostess Brands	AL	Birmingham	63	2012-05-07
Hostess Brands	CT	East Windsor	57	2012-05-07
Hostess Brands	WA	Lakewood	53	2012-05-07
Hostess Brands	CT	Bridgeport	50	2012-05-07
Hostess Brands	CT	Cheshire	42	2012-05-07

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Utah (UT)	1	580
Maryland (MD)	1	420
Indiana (IN)	2	401
Alabama (AL)	3	253
Washington (WA)	11	239
Connecticut (CT)	5	187
Kentucky (KY)	3	187
Kansas (KS)	1	152
South Dakota (SD)	2	148

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