US layoff notices — October 2002

34WARN notices
4,807workers affected
5states

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 in October 2002

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
Chiquita Processed FoodsORSALEM6642002-10-24
Northwest AirlinesMIRomulus6442002-10-02
Riverside Osteopathic HospitalMITrenton5202002-10-16
Bombardier/LearjetKS4392002-10-03
American ExpressILCHICAGO, 300 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA3202002-10-29
Fresh ExpressILFranklin Park, 11010 West Addison1742002-10-28
Assurant GroupMIGrand Rapids1592002-10-01
Lucent TechnologiesKS1512002-10-30
Ardco HoldingsALScottsboro1402002-10-21
Marriott Distribution Service CenterILHANOVER PARK, 6425 MUIRFIELD DRIVE1242002-10-01
Sanmina-SCIALHuntsville1242002-10-15
SealyMITaylor1192002-10-18
Bombardier/LearjetKS1062002-10-04
ProvellKS1022002-10-29
Marriott Distribution ServicesMIWarren1002002-10-01

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Michigan (MI)101,789
Kansas (KS)10975
Illinois (IL)8923
Oregon (OR)3766
Alabama (AL)3354
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