US layoff notices in 2000

376WARN notices
62,079workers affected
6states

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 2000

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Gulf States SteelALGadsden1,6902000-08-07
PacificorpORPORTLAND1,6002000-05-05
Bridgestone/FirestoneILDECATUR, 2500 N 22ND STREET1,4862000-10-17
Mercy HospitalMIDetroit1,3002000-01-06
GM Truck GroupMIPontiac1,2302000-12-12
Autoalliance InternationalMIFlat Rock9502000-05-25
Montgomery WardILCHICAGO, 535 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE9142000-12-28
TrailmobileILCHARLESTON, 1000 N 14TH STREET9002000-05-30
Menninger ClinicKS5800 SW 6th/3630 SW Burlingam Rd9002000-12-28
CASEILEAST MOLINE, 1100 3RD STREET8002000-07-18
International PaperALMobile7902000-10-18
Truck Manufacturing PlantORPORTLAND7702000-08-14
Dorsey TrailersALElba6502000-11-30
ANR PipelineMIDetroit6502000-11-06
Tecumseh ProductsKYPulaski6042000-01-25
Cambridge IndustriesILCENTRALIA, 2400 S. WABASH AVE5762000-11-20
Outboard Marine Corporation (Omc)MICadillac5512000-12-26
Vanity Fair IntimatesALJackson5432000-03-10
Reynolds MetalsORTROUTDALE5302000-07-27
Matsushita Home ApplianceKYBoyle4802000-09-12

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 2000284,979
February 2000485,331
March 2000395,215
April 2000324,165
May 2000418,263
June 2000171,882
July 2000223,482
August 2000417,865
September 2000253,435
October 2000275,713
November 2000264,781
December 2000306,968

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)14021,107
Michigan (MI)8214,597
Alabama (AL)5911,317
Kentucky (KY)517,539
Oregon (OR)366,184
Kansas (KS)81,335
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