Employers in Iowa logged 2 WARN Act notices in September 2007, involving roughly 206 workers — climbing above August and up 20500% versus September 2006. The average filing covered 103 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Iowa this month. A total of 206 workers were affected across 2 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines | 1 | 205 |
| Polk | 1 | 1 |
Des Moines saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 100% of all affected workers with 205 workers across 1 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| West Burlington | 1 | 205 |
| Des Moines | 1 | 1 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Layoff | 2 | 206 |
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Consumer & Industrial | West Burlington | 205 | Layoff | 2007-09-13 |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc | Des Moines | 1 | Layoff | 2007-09-26 |
The biggest impact was at GE Consumer & Industrial at its West Burlington facility, reporting 205 affected workers. Sun Microsystems, Inc followed with 1 workers.
This marks the third consecutive month of rising layoff activity.
This data points to mounting pressure on the Iowa labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Iowa. 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 Iowa WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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