US layoff notices in 2012

1,258WARN notices
117,485workers affected
25states

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 2012

CompanyStateLocationWorkersNotice date
RG SteelMD1430 Sparrows Point Blvd., Sparrows Point, MD1,9752012-05-23
Mountainside HospitalNJMontclair1,5752012-05-01
Novartis PharmaceuticalsNJEast Hanover1,3802012-04-01
ComairKY1,1942012-07-30
Hoffman-La Roche (Roche)NJNutley1,0002012-09-01
Anniston Army DepotALAnniston9752012-01-10
TriWest Healthcare AllianceAZ9042012-12-10
Hostess Brands-RevisedINStatewide8562012-05-04
Auburn Regional Medical CenterWAAuburn8272012-08-01
Verizon WirelessWABellevue8142012-05-02
Hostess BrandsILHodgkins, Additional locations 7225 Santa Fe Dr8072012-05-04
URS Corp - EG&G Defense MaterialsUTTooele7792012-07-27
Hostess BrandsPAVarious counties6832012-10-05 (effective date)
Motorola MobilityILLibertyville, 600 N. U.S. Highway 456592012-08-13
CenterplateNJNewark6432012-04-01
ATK Energetic SystemsVARadford6142012-06-01
T MobilePAAllentown, Lehigh6052012-06-22 (effective date)
American OrdnanceTNMilan, Gibson County6002012-04-23
G&D IntegratedILDecatur, Multiple Decatur sites 2380 Millikin Parkway5882012-05-31
Hostess navbar-headersUTStatewide5802012-05-09

Month by month

MonthNoticesWorkers affected
January 201212012,130
February 20121039,112
March 2012937,390
April 201210011,621
May 201219919,466
June 2012949,771
July 2012907,375
August 2012918,581
September 2012929,178
October 20121057,574
November 20121019,144
December 2012706,143

By state

StateNoticesWorkers affected
New Jersey (NJ)9013,941
Illinois (IL)10612,981
Pennsylvania (PA)12412,441
Tennessee (TN)1629,751
Virginia (VA)799,099
Kentucky (KY)719,028
Maryland (MD)457,117
Indiana (IN)666,723
Washington (WA)484,724
Alabama (AL)314,692
Connecticut (CT)1364,107
Arizona (AZ)503,896
Michigan (MI)463,859
Kansas (KS)543,346
Iowa (IA)272,426
Nebraska (NE)442,421
Utah (UT)82,218
Oregon (OR)261,996
Idaho (ID)23986
Alaska (AK)4591
South Dakota (SD)6434
Maine (ME)1423
Rhode Island (RI)3271
Vermont (VT)214
Oklahoma (OK)60
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