Washington State Sees Significant Job Cuts as Businesses Announce Layoffs

Job Losses Surge in Washington State Amidst Business Closures and Layoffs

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Unfortunately, another business has announced mass layoffs in Washington State.

Under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, an employer with more than 100 full-time workers must provide a 60-day notice before laying off 50 or more people at a single site. The notice must be filed with the Washington Employment Security Department.

This week, Lamb Weston filed a WARN notice advising they were closing a facility in Connell, and 379 employees at a location in Bellevue will be permanently laid off on November 30.

Washington State Cuts

There has been a spare of layoffs in the state in recent weeks. Other job cuts include:

• Roy Farms laid off 129 staff in Moxee.
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center filed a WARN notice advising that 50 employees will be permanently laid off.
• McKinley Paper Company laid off 190 employees in Port Angeles.
• Ardagh Glass laid off 244 employees in Seattle.
• New Columbia Fruit Packers closed a facility in Yakima, leading to 216 employees being laid off.
• Prestige Care laid off 150 staff in Vancouver.
• Amazon is closing a warehouse facility in Tukwila where 172 staff work.
• Lululmeon filed a layoff notice advising that 128 staff in Sumner lost their jobs.
• Online travel agency Expedia advised 36 staff in their Seattle office were laid off.
• Plug Power closed, resulting in the loss of 107 jobs in the Spokane Valley.
• Pfizer closed a facility in Everitt, and 119 staff lost their jobs.

Your thoughts

Are you concerned by the number of job losses in Washington State? Is there anything Gov. Inslee can do to address this? Who is to blame for these job losses? Do you fear we are heading for a recession?

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