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MASS LAYOFFS IN JUNE 2007
In June, employers took 1,219 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted,
as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the
month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single
establishment; the number of workers involved totaled 127,897, on a
seasonally adjusted basis. The number of mass layoff events increased by
37 from the prior month, and the number of associated initial claims rose
by 9,483. During June, 340 mass layoff events were reported in the
manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 39,273 initial
claims. Compared with the prior month, mass layoff activity in manufac-
turing decreased by 25 events, and initial claims decreased by 9,599.
(See table 1.)
From January through June 2007, the total number of events (seasonally
adjusted) at 7,433, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted) at 773,537,
were higher than in January-June 2006 (6,685 and 701,254, respectively).
The national unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in June, unchanged from
the prior month and essentially unchanged from 4.6 percent a year earlier.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 132,000 over the month and by
2.0 million over the year.
Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The 10 industries reporting the highest numbers of mass layoff initial
claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 48 percent of the total
initial claims in June. The industry with the highest number of initial
claims was school and employee bus transportation with 21,611, followed by
food service contractors with 14,527 and elementary and secondary schools
with 12,870. Together, these three industries accounted for 28 percent of
all initial claims due to mass layoffs during the month. (See table A.)
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Table A. Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in June 2007
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| | June peak
Industry |Initial |------------------------
| claims | |
| | Year | Initial claims
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School and employee bus transportation ...| 21,611 | 2007 | 21,611
Food service contractors .................| 14,527 | 2007 | 14,527
Elementary and secondary schools .........| 12,870 | 2003 | 17,360
Temporary help services ..................| 9,161 | 2000 | 13,815
Child day care services ..................| 9,115 | 2007 | 9,115
Motion picture and video production ......| 4,428 | 2000 | 9,435
Other social advocacy organizations ......| 2,985 | 2000 | 3,815
Professional employer organizations ......| 2,637 | 2001 | 3,358
Payroll services .........................| 2,525 | 2002 | 6,620
Other individual and family services......| 2,348 | 2006 | 2,744
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The manufacturing sector accounted for 20 percent of all mass layoff
events and 21 percent of all related initial claims filed in June; a year
earlier, manufacturing made up 21 percent of events and 25 percent of
initial claims. In June 2007, the number of manufacturing claimants was
highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (9,438, largely in auto-
mobile manufacturing and in travel trailer and camper manufacturing), fol-
lowed by food manufacturing (5,901) and machinery manufacturing (4,268).
(See table 3.)
Transportation and warehousing accounted for 11 percent of mass layoff
events and 14 percent of initial claims in June, primarily from school and
employee bus transportation. Government comprised 14 percent of events and
12 percent of initial claims filed over the month, with the majority of lay-
offs in elementary and secondary schools. Seven percent of all mass layoff
events and 10 percent of related initial claims filed were from accommoda-
tion and food services, mainly from food service contractors. Health care
and social assistance made up 10 percent of events and 9 percent of initial
claims, mostly from child day care services.
On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of mass layoff events
in June, at 1,599, was up by 110 from a year earlier, and the number of
associated initial claims increased by 8,049 to 172,810. (See table 2.)
The largest over-the-year increases in initial claims were reported in
administrative and support services (+3,772), food services and drinking
places (+2,650), and transit and ground passenger transportation (+1,653).
The largest over-the-year decreases in mass layoff initial claims were
reported in transportation equipment manufacturing (-6,384) and in motion
picture and sound recording industries (-2,723).
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Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in
June due to mass layoffs was in the West, with 51,847. Administrative and
support services, educational services, and motion picture and sound record-
ing industries together accounted for 38 percent of all mass layoff initial
claims in that region during the month. The Midwest had the second largest
number of initial claims among the regions with 44,703, followed by the
South with 39,627 and the Northeast with 36,633. (See table 5.)
The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs increased over the year
in three of the four regions. The largest increase was in the West (+5,402),
followed by the South (+2,887). The Northeast (-743) reported an over-the-
year decrease in initial claims. Five of the 9 geographic divisions had
over-the-year increases in the numbers of initial claims associated with
mass layoffs, with the largest increases in the Pacific (+5,156), the East
South Central (+2,249), and the West South Central (+2,138). The division
with the largest over-the-year decrease was the South Atlantic (-1,500).
Among the states, California recorded the highest number of initial
claims filed due to mass layoff events in June (40,833), followed by
Pennsylvania (12,997), New Jersey (12,720), Florida (9,348), and Michigan
(9,041). These five states accounted for 51 percent of all mass layoff
events and 49 percent of all initial claims for unemployment insurance.
(See table 6.)
California had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of
initial claims (+5,563); this was due to more mass layoff activity in
administrative and support services. States having the next largest
increases in initial claims were Kentucky (+2,042), Florida (+1,767),
Iowa (+1,686), and Ohio (+1,398). The largest over-the-year decreases
in claims occurred in Indiana (-2,438) and Delaware (-1,490). Quelle: http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm 
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