Weiss Memorial Hospital - Chicago IL - 289 layoffs on Oct 25, hospital closed in August - https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2025/10/13/illinois-businesses-report-waves-of-layoffs-according-to-warn-act/86609807007/
Diverse Facility Solutions Cuts
Company: Diverse Facility Solutions, Inc. Date: September 30, 2025 (WARN report indicates 276, but company plans point to 191) Laid off: ~191 to 276The layoffs stem from the cancellation of its janitorial services contract with Chicago Public... — read more
Chicago Reader Survives
After Layoffs, Chicago Reader Survives With New Seattle-Based Owner The Pacific Northwest media company Noisy Creek announced the acquisition Tuesday of Chicago's longstanding alt-weekly, which has struggled in recent... — read more
Chicago Public Schools lays off 161 employees, cuts 209 vacant positions amid $734M budget shortfall
Chicago Public Schools officials on Friday announced more than 160 layoffs, and the elimination of more than 200 vacant positions, mostly among workers in its central office and citywide staff, as the district faces a $734 million budget gap for next... — read more
June 2025 Report
# Nearly 1,500 jobs getting axed in Chicago area this summer - here's the brutal breakdown Posted in r/Chicago 2 hours ago Just saw the latest WARN notices from the state and it's pretty rough out there. Almost 1,500 people in the Chicago area... — read more
Mayor Johnson considers layoffs, property tax hike to address $1 billion budget deficit
Mayor Brandon Johnson is looking for new ways to close the nearly $1 billion budget deficit the city is currently facing, including possible layoffs or even a property tax increase, according to a new report in Crain’s Chicago... — read more
City, Chicago labor leaders reach deal to avoid layoffs
reached a deal on Saturday to avert layoffs in the city's budget for next year.... mayor's expectation that she'd have to layoff some 350 employees to... — read more
Potbelly is going belly up in Chicago
But it said it was planning corporate layoffs to stem the bleeding and reduce costs by up to $4 million. Potbelly had 406 company-owned units and 46... — read more
New ideas — and maybe more hope — for avoiding city layoffs during the pandemic | Editorial
Also welcome this week was a Chicago Federation of Labor report listing a series of specific ways the city could chop $272 million in costs to avert layoffs... — read more
How is this done? "Chicago labor leaders create plan to avoid layoffs"
How do you stop layoffs? (WBBM NEWSRADIO) – The city's biggest labor organization is outlining a plan its leaders say could help the Lightfoot Administration avoid employee... — read more
State Report Says More That 1,000 Layoffs Are Coming At Chicago Area Restaurants Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
State Report Says More That 1,000 Layoffs Are Coming At Chicago Area Restaurants Due To COVID-19 Pandemic. By CBS 2 Chicago Staff November 6, 2020... — read more
How Chicago's Travel Agencies Are Surviving the Pandemic
Airline layoffs, travel bans, quarantine orders – it's been a calamitous year for the travel and tourism industry. And Chicago's independent travel agencies,... https://news.wttw.com/2020/10/29/how-chicago-s-travel-agencies-are-surviving-pandemic — read more
CPS School District Layoffs (700 total)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/01/chicago-public-schools-layoffs/
Harvey Layoffs
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/10/harvey-money-police-pension-debt/
Any updates here? Do you have list of firms laying off in Chicago?
Any info? Post please?
any news here?
any news here?