US layoff notices in 1988

7WARN notices

5,711workers affected

2states

Counts cover the free tier, no delay of the normalized US WARN dataset (by notice date); notices that surface later are added retroactively. Worker totals sum only notices that published a headcount.

Biggest layoff notices of 1988

Company	State	Location	Workers	Notice date
Chanute Air Force Base	IL	CHANUTE AIR BASE, 3345 MSSQ/MSC BLDG 242	3,750	1988-12-23
FT. Sheridan Army Base	IL	FORT SHERIDAN, BUILDING 140	1,225	1988-12-29
Ames Department Stores	IL	ROCKY HILL, 2418 MAIN STREET	290	1988-12-05
Allstate	IL	NORTHBROOK, ALLSTATE PLAZA SOUTH	260	1988-12-16
Robert Morris College	IL	Carthage, College Ave	104	1988-12-16
Midway Veneer Plant (Willamette Industr	OR	Albany	50	1988-11-28
Usg Interiors	IL	ROSELLE, 1105 STEVENSON CT, SUITE 103-E	32	1988-12-22

Month by month

Month	Notices	Workers affected
November 1988	1	50
December 1988	6	5,661

By state

State	Notices	Workers affected
Illinois (IL)	6	5,661
Oregon (OR)	1	50

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