US layoff notices in 1999

308WARN notices
45,623workers affected
5states

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 1999

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Chicago Housing AuthorityILChicago, 626 W Jackson1,7701999-10-01
Motorola Cellular ManufacturingILARLINGTON HEIGHTS, 1475-1501 W. SHURE DRIVE1,0201999-08-16
Portland Area LocationsORPORTLAND8231999-06-29
S & C Beef ProcessorsALMontgomery6501999-05-27
Just for FeetALBirmingham5941999-10-12
Boeing Commercial Airplane GroupKS—5851999-06-14
Kelly Springfield TireILFREEPORT, 3769 ROUTE 20 EAST5851999-01-11
TechnoTrimKYBarren5831999-03-23
Kimberly-ClarkALMobile5001999-04-07
London International GroupALDothan5001999-05-26
Peabody Coal Company Marissa MineILMARISSA, 1214 MARISSA ROAD4551999-08-06
Tecumseh ProductsKYPulaski4301999-10-27
BoeingKS—4281999-09-03
Sears Logistics ServicesILHOFFMAN ESTATES, 3333 BEVERLY ROAD4251999-09-02
Northrop Grumman Technical ServicesALRedstone Arsenal3961999-07-23
Erickson CosmeticsILCHICAGO, 1920 n CLYBOURN AVENUE3921999-04-29
Various ClinicsORMEDFORD3781999-11-08
CompuCom SystemsKYKenton3701999-08-10
Oneita IndustriesALFayette3551999-03-16
Eureka Company, theILNORMAL, 1501 FORT JESSE ROAD3501999-09-09

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 1999313,442
February 1999404,052
March 1999304,305
April 1999192,954
May 1999243,584
June 1999152,663
July 1999243,197
August 1999245,521
September 1999405,705
October 1999204,677
November 1999243,696
December 1999171,827

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)14621,108
Alabama (AL)519,080
Kentucky (KY)486,773
Oregon (OR)324,866
Kansas (KS)313,796
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