Washington Layoffs — November 2006

Employers in Washington reported 7 WARN Act notices in November 2006, displacing an estimated 933 workers — signaling an acceleration from October and up 149% versus November 2005. The average filing covered 133 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Washington this month. A total of 933 workers were affected across 7 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Lewis	1	568
King	5	333
Clark	1	32

Lewis absorbed the greatest share of layoffs, accounting for 61% of all affected workers with 568 workers across 1 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Centralia	1	568
Bothell	3	273
Auburn	1	57
Camas	1	32
Bellevue	1	3

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	7	933

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
TransAlta	Centralia	568	Layoff	2006-11-27
ICOS Corporation	Bothell	197	Layoff	2006-11-02
UPS Supply Chain Solutions	Auburn	57	Layoff	2006-11-17
ICOS Corporation	Bothell	56	Layoff	2006-11-09
Georgia Pacific Corporation	Camas	32	Layoff	2006-11-22
ICOS Corporation	Bothell	20	Layoff	2006-11-17
Sun Microsystems, Inc	Bellevue	3	Layoff	2006-11-16

The most significant filing came from TransAlta at its Centralia facility, reporting 568 affected workers. ICOS Corporation followed with 197 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.

The numbers illustrate mounting pressure on the Washington labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.

This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Washington. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60-day advance notice of mass layoffs and plant closings. Data is updated daily by WARN Firehose. View all Washington WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.