US layoff notices in 2002

464WARN notices
77,117workers affected
7states

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 2002

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
United AirlinesILCHICAGO, O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT14,4872002-12-30
United AirlinesILELK GROVE VILLAGE, 1200 EAST ALGONQUIN ROAD4,1492002-12-30
MaytagILGALESBURG, 1801 MONMONTH BLVD2,4002002-07-11
General Motors/NAO Orion AssemMIOrion1,7002002-02-14
CessnaKS—1,5002002-12-16
PillowtexALPhenix City8182002-02-28
Detroit DieselMIDetroit7002002-08-06
Spiegel Group Telemarketing ServiceKSsame6702002-03-12
Chiquita Processed FoodsORSALEM6642002-10-24
BoeingKSsame6522002-04-22
Opp & Micolas Mills (Johnston Industries)ALOpp6472002-12-18
Northwest AirlinesMIRomulus6442002-10-02
Bank of AmericaKS—5752002-06-13
IBP FoodsMIDetroit5542002-01-11
Riverside Osteopathic HospitalMITrenton5202002-10-16
WorldcomILDOWNERS GROVE, 2655 Warrenville Road5042002-06-28
City of ChicagoILCHICAGO, 121 NORTH LASALLE5002002-06-09
Hayes - AlbionMIAlbion4962002-05-06
Citi-MortgageMIFarmington Hills4732002-05-23
IBP FoodsMIGrand Rapids4602002-01-11

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 2002486,134
February 2002305,343
March 2002858,359
April 2002415,934
May 2002274,698
June 2002484,332
July 2002356,453
August 2002363,351
September 2002192,054
October 2002344,807
November 2002271,805
December 20023423,847

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)16641,224
Michigan (MI)13114,451
Alabama (AL)497,482
Kansas (KS)606,904
Oregon (OR)415,718
Kentucky (KY)91,338
Oklahoma (OK)80
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