US layoff notices in 1989

98WARN notices
14,420workers 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 1989

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
General Motors Corporation-Buick/Oldsmobile/Cadillac GroupILWILLOW SPRINGS, 79TH ST & WILLOW SPRINGS RD1,1781989-05-09
Lutheran General Hospital - Lincoln ParkILCHICAGO, 2035 NORTH LINCOLN AVENUE7141989-11-22
Rheem ManufacturingILChicago, 7600 S Kedzie Ave6801989-09-18
Stewart-Warner InstrumentILCHICAGO, 1826 WEST DIVERSEY PARKWAY6021989-12-11
Bohn Heat TransferILBEARDSTOWN, RT 1255951989-09-25
Carson Pirie Scott &ILCHICAGO, 36 SOUTH WABASH4751989-06-13
World Color Press-SalemILSALEM, PO BOX 7004001989-01-11
ST. Joseph's HospitalILALTON, 915 EAST FIFTH STREET3501989-04-07
Old Ben Coal Company - MineILBENTON, 500 NORTH DUQUOIN STREET3461989-10-10
Consolidation Coal/Rend Lake MineILSESSER, ROUTE 148 NORTH, BOX 5662921989-07-19
Procter and Gamble ManufacturingILCHICAGO, 1232 WEST NORTH AVENUE2781989-08-28
Peabody CoalILFREEBURG, ROUTE TWO PO BOX 202741989-10-18
Stanley-Proto Industrial ToolsORPortland2411989-11-20
Duckwall-Alco StoresILABILENE, 401 COTTAGE STREET2101989-05-10
Robeson's Department StoreILCHAMPAIGN, 125 WEST MAIN2061989-12-22
Ekco-GlacoILCHICAGO, 1949 NORTH CICERO AVENUE2001989-02-03
Fayette Tubular (Sullivan Tubular)ILSULLIVAN, HIGHWAY 32 SOUTH2001989-10-30
Weber-Stephens ProductsILPALATINE, 200 EAST DANIELS ROAD2001989-04-21
Midwest Folding CartonILROSEMONT, 7000 NORTH MANNHEIM ROAD1871989-10-19
MT. Siani Hospital NorthILCHICAGO, 2451 N HOWARD1841989-03-16

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 19895837
February 19898679
March 198991,000
April 1989101,242
May 198971,895
June 198971,086
July 19899817
August 19899937
September 1989132,140
October 1989101,623
November 198971,214
December 19894950

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
Illinois (IL)9413,940
Oregon (OR)4480
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