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                                               For release: 10:00 A.M. EST
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                       MASS LAYOFFS IN NOVEMBER 2007


   In November, employers took 1,300 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 employer; the number of workers involved totaled 136,924, on a
seasonally adjusted basis.  The number of mass layoff events in November
decreased by 20 from the prior month, while the number of associated
initial claims rose by 5,144.  Over the month, 402 mass layoff events were
reported in the manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in
55,926 initial claims.  Compared with October, mass layoff activity in
manufacturing decreased by 22 events, and initial claims decreased by 367.
(See table 1.)

   From January through November 2007, the total number of events (seasonally
adjusted), at 13,734, and initial claims (seasonally adjusted), at 1,408,852,
were higher than in January-November 2006 when the totals were 12,627 and
1,328,251, respectively.

   The national unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in November, unchanged from
the prior month and up from November 2006 (4.5 percent).  Total nonfarm pay-
roll employment increased by 94,000 in November 2007 and by 1.5 million from
a year earlier.

Industry Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   The 10 industries reporting the highest numbers of mass layoff initial
claims, not seasonally adjusted, accounted for 32 percent of all such
initial claims in November.  The industry with the highest number of
initial claims was highway, street, and bridge construction with 13,305,
followed by temporary help services (12,079) and automobile manufacturing
(8,416).  Together, these three industries accounted for 17 percent of all
initial claims due to mass layoffs during the month.  (See table A.)

   The manufacturing sector accounted for 29 percent of all mass layoff
events and 38 percent of all related initial claims filed in November; a
year earlier, manufacturing made up 35 percent of events and 43 percent of
initial claims.  In November 2007, the number of manufacturing claimants
was highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (23,323, largely in
automobile manufacturing), followed by wood product manufacturing (8,094)
and food manufacturing (6,642).  (See table 3.)

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Table A.  Industries with the largest number of mass layoff initial claims
in November 2007
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                                          |        |    November peak     
                 Industry                 |Initial |----------------------
                                          | claims |      |               
                                          |        | Year |Initial claims 
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Highway, street, and bridge construction..| 13,305 | 2001 |     14,805    
Temporary help services ..................| 12,079 | 2000 |     19,023    
Automobile manufacturing .................|  8,416 | 2007 |      8,416    
Food service contractors .................|  6,163 | 2007 |      6,163    
Motion picture and video production ......|  4,565 | 2000 |      8,664    
School and employee bus transportation ...|  4,547 | 2007 |      4,547    
Farm labor contractors and crew leaders ..|  4,062 | 1999 |     11,613    
Air-conditioning, refrigeration, and      |        |      |               
 forced air heating ......................|  3,768 | 2007 |      3,768    
Professional employer organizations ......|  3,419 | 2002 |      4,088    
Household refrigerator and home freeze    |        |      |               
 manufacturing ...........................|   (1)  | 1999 |      5,602    
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   1 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.


   Construction accounted for 18 percent of events and 14 percent of
initial claims in November, primarily from highway, street, and bridge
construction.  Administrative and waste services made up 12 percent of 
mass layoff events and 11 percent of initial claims, primarily from 
temporary help services and professional employer organizations.  Accom-
modation and food services comprised 6 percent of all mass layoff events
and 5 percent of related initial claims, mainly from food service contrac-
tors.  Eight percent of all mass layoff events and 5 percent of related
initial claims filed were from the agriculture, forestry, fishing, and
hunting industry, largely from farm labor contractors and crew leaders.

   On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the number of mass layoff events in
November, at 1,799, was up by 484 from a year earlier, and the number of
associated initial claims increased by 62,034 to 198,220.  (See table 2.)
This is due in part to a calendar effect; November 2007 contained 5 weeks
for possible mass layoffs compared with 4 weeks in November last year.
(See the Technical Note for an explanation of how the number of weeks for
data collection can vary from month to month.  Also, note that adjustments
are made for the calendar effects in the previously mentioned seasonally
adjusted series.)  The largest over-the-year increases in initial claims
were reported in transportation equipment manufacturing (+9,971) and
administrative and support services (+9,145).  The largest over-the-year
decrease in mass layoff initial claims was reported in fabricated metal
product manufacturing (-1,369).  Layoff activity in credit intermediation
and related activities registered an over-the-year increase for the ninth
consecutive month.

Geographic Distribution (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   Among the four census regions, the highest number of initial claims in
November due to mass layoffs was in the Midwest, with 62,163.  Transporta-
tion equipment manufacturing and heavy and civil engineering construction
together accounted for 45 percent of all mass layoff initial claims in 
that region during the month.  The West had the second largest number of
initial claims among the regions with 59,152, followed by the South with
42,139 and the Northeast with 34,766.  (See table 5.)

   The number of initial claimants in mass layoffs increased over the year
in all four regions--the West (+20,292), the South (+14,603), the Northeast
(+14,043), and the Midwest (+13,096)--although this may be due, in part, to
the calendar effect.  All 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 (+17,856), East North Central (+12,661),
and Middle Atlantic (+12,379) divisions.

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   California recorded the highest number of initial claims filed due to mass
layoff events in November (44,127), reflecting layoffs in administrative and
support services and in agriculture and forestry support activities.  Other
states with large numbers of mass layoff related claims were Pennsylvania
(17,120), Michigan (15,578), and Wisconsin (13,663). These four states
accounted for 47 percent of all mass layoff events and 46 percent of all
initial claims for unemployment insurance in November.  (See table 6.)

   California had the largest over-the-year increase in the number of initial
claims (+16,694); this was partially due to more mass layoff activity in ad-
ministrative and support services.  States having the next largest increases
in initial claims were Pennsylvania (+8,602), Michigan (+4,942), New York
(+4,740), and Georgia (+3,596).  The largest over-the-year decreases in 
claims occurred in North Carolina (-966) and New Jersey (-963).


Note

   The monthly data series in this release cover mass layoffs of 50 or more
workers beginning in a given month, regardless of the duration of the
layoffs.  For private nonfarm employers, information on the length of the
layoff is obtained later and issued in a quarterly release that reports on
mass layoffs lasting more than 30 days (referred to as "extended mass
layoffs").  The quarterly release provides more information on the nature
of the layoff and the location of the employer, and on the demographics of
the laid-off workers.  Because monthly figures include short-term layoffs
of 30 days or less, the sum of the figures for the 3 months in a quarter
will be higher than the quarterly figure for mass layoffs of more than 30
days.  (See table 4.)  See the Technical Note for more detailed
definitions.


                       _____________________________


   The report on Mass Layoffs in December 2007 is scheduled to be released
on Thursday, January 24, 2008.  The reference months and release dates for
the balance of 2008 are as follows:

      Jan. - Feb. 27     April - May 22   July - Aug. 22   Oct. - Nov. 21

      Feb. - March 21    May - June 20    Aug. - Sept. 23  Nov. - Dec. 19

      March - April 23   June - July 23   Sept. - Oct. 22


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     |                                                              |
     |       Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Mass Layoff Data       |
     |                                                              |
     |   In accordance with usual practice, the Mass Layoffs release|
     |for December 2007, scheduled for January 24, 2008, will incor-|
     |porate annual updating of seasonal adjustment factors.  Sea-  |
     |sonally adjusted estimates back to January 2003 are subject   |
     |to revision.                                                  |
     |                                                              |
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     |                                                              |
     |             Upcoming Changes to Mass Layoff Data             |
     |                                                              |
     |    With the release of January 2008 data on February 27,     |
     |2008, the Mass Layoff Statistics program will revise the basis|
     |for industry classification from the 2002 North American In-  |
     |dustry Classification System (NAICS) to the 2007 NAICS.  The  |
     |new classification reflects minor definitional changes within |
     |manufacturing, telecommunications,  financial activities, and |
     |professional, scientific, and technical services.  Several    |
     |industry titles and descriptions will also be updated.        |
     |                                                              |
     |   For additional information on the 2007 NAICS, see          |
     |http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html.                    |
     |                                                              |
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Technical Note
   
   
   The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state program
that uses a standardized automated approach to identifying, describing,
and tracking the effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each
state's unemployment insurance database.  Each month, states report on
employers which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them
during a consecutive 5-week period.  These employers then are con-
tacted by the state agency to determine whether these separations lasted
31 days or longer, and, if so, other information concerning the layoff is
collected.  States report on layoffs lasting more than 1 month on a quart-
erly basis.
   
   A given month contains an aggregation of the weekly unemployment
insurance claims filings for the Sunday through Saturday weeks in that
month.  All weeks are included for the particular month, except if the
first day of the month falls on Saturday.  In this case, the week is
included in the prior month's tabulations.  This means that some months
will contain 4 weeks and others, 5 weeks, the number of weeks in a
given month may be different from year to year, and the number of weeks in
a year may vary.  Therefore, analysis of over-the-month and over-the-year
change in not seasonally adjusted series should take this calendar effect
into consideration.
   
   The MLS program resumed operations in April 1995 after it had been
terminated in November 1992 due to lack of funding.  Prior to April 1995,
monthly layoff statistics were not available.
   
   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone number:  1-800-877-8339.
   
Definitions

   Employer.  Employers in the MLS program include those covered by state
unemployment insurance laws.  Information on employers is obtained from the
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, which is
administered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
   
   Initial claimant.  A person who files any notice of unemployment to
initiate a request either for a determination of entitlement to and
eligibility for compensation, or for a subsequent period of unemployment
within a benefit year or period of eligibility.
   
   Mass layoff event.  Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment
insurance benefits filed against an employer during a 5-week period,
regardless of duration.
   
Seasonal adjustment

   Effective with the release of data for January 2005, BLS began publish-
ing six seasonally adjusted monthly MLS series.  The six series are the
numbers of mass layoff events and mass layoff initial claims for the total,
private nonfarm, and manufacturing sectors.
   
   Seasonal adjustment is the process of estimating and removing the effect
on time series data of regularly recurring seasonal events such as changes
in the weather, holidays, and the beginning and ending of the school year.
The use of seasonal adjustment makes it easier to observe fundamental changes
in time series, particularly those associated with general economic expan-
sions and contractions.
   
   The MLS data are seasonally adjusted using the X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjust-
ment method on a concurrent basis.  Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all
available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in devel-
oping seasonal adjustment factors.  Revisions to the most recent 5 years
of seasonally adjusted data will be made once a year with the issuance of
December data.  Before the data are seasonally adjusted, prior adjustments
are made to the original data to adjust them for differences in the number
of weeks used to calculate the monthly data.  Because weekly unemployment
insurance claims are aggregated to form monthly data, a particular month's
value could be calculated with 5 weeks of data in one year and 4 weeks
in another.  The effects of these differences could seriously distort the
seasonal factors if they were ignored in the seasonal adjustment process.
These effects are modeled in the X-12-ARIMA program and are permanently
removed from the final seasonally adjusted series.





Table 1.  Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, December 2003 to
November 2007, seasonally adjusted

                                      Total            Private nonfarm        Manufacturing   
             Date                                                                             
                                          Initial               Initial                 Initial 
                                Events   claimants    Events   claimants     Events    claimants
                                                                                              
             2003                                                                             

December ...................     1,412     139,423     1,243     127,356       445      50,923

             2004                                                                             

January ....................     1,428     146,692     1,232     128,191       394      45,544
February ...................     1,320     134,626     1,170     122,329       367      40,849
March ......................     1,372     139,716     1,237     130,737       401      59,987
April ......................     1,374     140,190     1,202     124,962       349      38,197
May ........................     1,209     113,091     1,047      99,615       330      38,965
June .......................     1,403     141,048     1,231     128,137       366      47,015
July .......................     1,330     137,484     1,180     126,106       372      51,424
August .....................     1,394     127,671     1,224     113,376       345      36,963
September ..................     1,277     125,351     1,154     115,343       338      46,955
October ....................     1,288     132,250     1,172     122,831       362      47,571
November ...................     1,314     130,558     1,171     118,904       378      46,276
December ...................     1,170     114,641     1,013     103,434       301      33,022

             2005                                                                             

January ....................     1,489     160,986     1,353     150,640       383      56,133
February ...................     1,172     123,377     1,045     112,752       358      45,794
March ......................     1,219     132,035     1,079     122,013       377      55,061
April ......................     1,263     137,381     1,132     126,747       398      60,826
May ........................     1,226     133,221     1,085     120,899       382      54,886
June .......................     1,194     126,834     1,074     117,712       359      57,018
July .......................     1,248     131,500     1,101     118,800       353      47,136
August .....................     1,109     123,125       986     111,879       338      46,915
September ..................     2,217     292,177     1,998     246,227       419      56,289
October ....................     1,098     108,665       977      99,402       321      44,666
November ...................     1,167     115,803     1,036     104,576       330      43,307
December ...................     1,253     135,721     1,125     124,632       372      48,592

             2006                                                                             

January ....................     1,112     109,429       984      99,277       282      29,911
February ...................     1,065     112,742       973     105,055       329      46,548
March ......................     1,105     120,954     1,003     112,730       335      50,149
April ......................     1,175     121,376     1,041     111,369       365      48,038
May ........................     1,098     113,195       982     103,839       297      42,993
June .......................     1,130     123,558     1,007     113,037       331      40,500
July .......................     1,160     118,843     1,038     109,509       372      49,069
August .....................     1,218     131,105     1,083     120,923       367      58,983
September ..................     1,158     120,795     1,043     111,876       392      46,802
October ....................     1,186     119,914     1,069     111,036       401      55,795
November ...................     1,220     136,340     1,111     127,286       411      60,599
December ...................     1,201     133,818     1,099     124,526       390      53,828

             2007                                                                             

January ....................     1,237     126,368     1,095     115,615       389      51,141
February ...................     1,280     143,977     1,166     135,252       419      64,072
March ......................     1,276     130,687     1,165     122,150       420      54,441
April ......................     1,239     126,194     1,109     115,870       387      43,939
May ........................     1,182     118,414     1,079     110,880       365      48,872
June .......................     1,219     127,897     1,094     117,787       340      39,273
July .......................     1,221     124,835     1,115     116,744       383      50,036
August .....................     1,189     118,120     1,092     110,946       325      35,676
September ..................     1,271     123,656     1,173     116,775       428      50,636
October ....................     1,320     131,780     1,201     123,051       424      56,293
November ...................     1,300     136,924     1,188     128,807       402      55,926





Table 2.  Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, December 2003 to 
November 2007, not seasonally adjusted

                                     Total             Private nonfarm        Manufacturing    
             Date                                                                              
                                          Initial               Initial                Initial 
                                Events   claimants    Events   claimants     Events   claimants
                                                                                              
             2003                                                                             

December ...................     1,929     192,633     1,793     182,750       648      77,915

             2004                                                                             

January ....................     2,428     239,454     2,226     220,687       848      89,551
February ...................       941      84,201       832      76,577       240      23,043
March ......................       920      92,554       847      87,782       258      34,686
April ......................     1,458     157,314     1,316     142,657       343      36,172
May ........................       988      87,501       878      78,786       219      22,141
June .......................     1,379     134,588     1,077     110,804       222      27,307
July .......................     2,094     253,929     1,860     234,877       885     145,895
August .....................       809      69,033       745      63,876       194      17,698
September ..................       708      68,972       637      63,102       189      25,808
October ....................     1,242     127,918     1,101     117,375       372      48,265
November ...................     1,399     130,423     1,201     115,549       412      44,243
December ...................     1,614     161,271     1,487     152,092       436      50,726

             2005                                                                             

January ....................     2,564     263,952     2,421     253,409       823     108,985
February ...................       810      74,644       722      68,372       230      24,931
March ......................       806      88,937       733      83,793       246      33,030
April ......................     1,373     158,582     1,263     148,133       395      59,129
May ........................       986     101,358       891      93,332       249      30,424
June .......................     1,157     120,463       941     103,307       216      32,783
July .......................     1,981     244,216     1,745     222,377       856     136,210
August .....................       645      67,582       598      63,484       188      22,531
September ..................     1,662     213,281     1,505     179,042       318      47,497
October ....................       905      91,941       757      80,694       249      37,276
November ...................     1,254     116,127     1,079     102,182       363      41,442
December ...................     2,323     254,258     2,168     242,753       706      96,382

             2006                                                                             

January ....................     1,245     117,946     1,123     108,701       331      35,097
February ...................       719      66,555       658      62,208       210      24,892
March ......................       921     111,838       856     106,177       285      44,688
April ......................     1,140     121,589     1,038     112,964       296      39,538
May ........................       872      84,809       794      78,663       192      23,570
June .......................     1,489     164,761     1,224     140,687       319      41,095
July .......................     1,511     166,857     1,335     154,342       648      96,152
August .....................       708      72,844       656      69,054       203      28,494
September ..................       865      87,699       785      81,274       296      39,076
October ....................       964      98,804       820      88,133       311      46,737
November ...................     1,315     136,186     1,172     125,009       455      58,473
December ...................     2,249     254,503     2,126     244,783       735     105,462

             2007                                                                             

January ....................     1,407     134,984     1,263     124,475       456      53,615
February ...................       935      86,696       861      82,097       273      36,170
March ......................     1,082     123,974     1,015     118,431       367      49,886
April ......................     1,219     127,444     1,115     118,040       309      35,229
May ........................       923      85,816       856      81,153       224      26,527
June .......................     1,599     172,810     1,318     148,669       313      36,571
July .......................     1,599     175,419     1,450     164,939       684     101,390
August .....................       963      93,458       908      88,345       220      23,361
September ..................       717      67,385       667      64,026       246      29,381
October ....................     1,083     108,455       929      97,716       338      50,918
November ...................     1,799     198,220     1,593     181,184       514      75,413





Table 3.  Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance

                                                                                                   Initial claimants for           
                                                            Mass layoff events                     unemployment insurance          
                     Industry                                                                                                      
                                                   November  September  October  November   November  September   October  November
                                                     2006      2007      2007      2007       2006       2007      2007      2007  
                                                                                                                                   
                Seasonally adjusted                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                   
      Total .....................................    1,220     1,271    1,320    1,300     136,340    123,656   131,780    136,924

                                                                                                                                  
  Total, private nonfarm ........................    1,111     1,173    1,201    1,188     127,286    116,775   123,051    128,807
    Manufacturing ...............................      411       428      424      402      60,599     50,636    56,293     55,926
                                                                                                                                  
              Not seasonally adjusted                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                  
      Total (1) .................................    1,315       717    1,083    1,799     136,186     67,385   108,455    198,220

Total, private ..................................    1,273       688    1,033    1,729     132,337     65,205   103,897    191,917
    Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ..      101        21      104      136       7,328      1,179     6,181     10,733

  Total, private nonfarm ........................    1,172       667      929    1,593     125,009     64,026    97,716    181,184
    Mining ......................................        7      (2)      (2)        11         648       (2)       (2)         928
    Utilities ...................................        3       -        -       (2)          161        -         -         (2) 
    Construction ................................      212        70      114      324      17,364      4,283     7,126     28,277
    Manufacturing ...............................      455       246      338      514      58,473     29,381    50,918     75,413
        Food ....................................       59        31       50       62       7,222      2,873     5,264      6,642
        Beverage and tobacco products ...........        8      (2)         8        9         502       (2)        603        746
        Textile mills ...........................       14         4        8       27       2,247        448       732      5,381
        Textile product mills ...................        9         4        4        5       1,325        410       232        608
        Apparel .................................        6        12        6       10         820      1,180       408        625
        Leather and allied products .............     (2)        -       (2)         4        (2)         -        (2)         376
        Wood products ...........................       53        27       31       69       5,044      2,461     3,582      8,094
        Paper ...................................        9         5       10        9         854        389       708        696
        Printing and related support activities .     (2)       (2)        7        11        (2)        (2)        434        763
        Petroleum and coal products .............        8       -       (2)         8         635        -        (2)         624

        Chemicals ...............................        6         3        6        6         489        186       907        668
        Plastics and rubber products ............       24        13       11       27       2,716      1,066     1,133      2,568
        Nonmetallic mineral products ............       17         9        8       24       1,991        941       440      2,493
        Primary metals ..........................       28        15       16       27       3,154      1,678     1,579      2,955
        Fabricated metal products ...............       35        16       18       24       3,710      1,473     1,367      2,341
        Machinery ...............................       34        19       18       40       6,563      3,021     5,459      6,289
        Computer and electronic products ........       21        15       10       13       1,711      1,381       674        987
        Electrical equipment and appliances .....       11        10       12       15       2,588      2,881     1,516      5,418
        Transportation equipment ................       79        51       88       93      13,352      7,759    23,399     23,323
        Furniture and related products ..........       21         7       18       23       2,075        791     1,504      3,164
        Miscellaneous manufacturing .............        9      (2)         5        8       1,145       (2)        538        652

    Wholesale trade .............................       17        17       13       40       1,328      1,053     1,571      3,095
    Retail trade ................................       54        67       66       93       4,681      5,657     5,881      8,199
    Transportation and warehousing ..............       48        17       31       82       3,583      1,415     3,153      7,499
    Information .................................       20        32       33       28       6,096      5,420     3,645      5,386
    Finance and insurance .......................       23        40       60       43       1,376      2,649     4,640      3,898
    Real estate and rental and leasing ..........        5         3        8        7         270        285       616        539
    Professional and technical services .........       27        23       26       51       3,137      2,683     1,968      7,435
    Management of companies and enterprises .....        5      (2)         5      (2)         387       (2)       382        (2) 
    Administrative and waste services ...........      158        85      140      217      12,907      6,325    10,778     22,050
    Educational services ........................        3      (2)       (2)       -          200       (2)       (2)         -  
    Health care and social assistance ...........       21        13       20       24       1,696        998     1,708      2,522
    Arts, entertainment, and recreation .........       27        11       21       36       2,266        716     1,521      3,543
    Accommodation and food services .............       81        37       47      107       9,883      2,681     3,346     10,865
    Other services, except public administration         6      (2)         3       10         553       (2)        175      1,062
    Unclassified ................................      -         -          1        1         -          -          74         57

Government ......................................       42        29       50       70       3,849      2,180     4,558      6,303
    Federal .....................................       10         5       16       19         970        408     1,412      1,928
    State .......................................       12         7       16       20       1,057        777     1,431      1,786
    Local .......................................       20        17       18       31       1,822        995     1,715      2,589

   1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
   2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
   NOTE: Dash represents zero.





Table 4. Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, October 2005 to November 2007, not seasonally 
adjusted

                                                                                 Private nonfarm

                               Total mass layoffs                             Extended mass layoffs                             
             Date                                       Mass layoffs        lasting more than 30 days      Realization rates (1)

                                          Initial               Initial                      Initial                    Initial 
                               Events    claimants    Events   claimants       Events       claimants       Events     claimants
             2005                                                                                                               

October ....................      905       91,941       757      80,694                                                       
November ...................    1,254      116,127     1,079     102,182                                                       
December ...................    2,323      254,258     2,168     242,753                                                       

Fourth Quarter .............    4,482      462,326     4,004     425,629         1,400       246,188          35.0         57.8

             2006                                                                                                              

January ....................    1,245      117,946     1,123     108,701                                                       
February ...................      719       66,555       658      62,208                                                       
March ......................      921      111,838       856     106,177                                                       

First Quarter ..............    2,885      296,339     2,637     277,086           963       193,510          36.5         69.8

April ......................    1,140      121,589     1,038     112,964                                                       
May ........................      872       84,809       794      78,663                                                       
June .......................    1,489      164,761     1,224     140,687                                                       

Second Quarter .............    3,501      371,159     3,056     332,314         1,353       264,927          44.3         79.7

July .......................    1,511      166,857     1,335     154,342                                                       
August .....................      708       72,844       656      69,054                                                       
September ..................      865       87,699       785      81,274                                                       

Third Quarter ..............    3,084      327,400     2,776     304,670           929       161,764          33.5         53.1

October ....................      964       98,804       820      88,133                                                       
November ...................    1,315      136,186     1,172     125,009                                                       
December ...................    2,249      254,503     2,126     244,783                                                       

Fourth Quarter .............    4,528      489,493     4,118     457,925         1,640       330,887          39.8         72.3

             2007                                                                                                              

January ....................    1,407      134,984     1,263     124,475                                                       
February ...................      935       86,696       861      82,097                                                       
March ......................    1,082      123,974     1,015     118,431                                                       

First Quarter ..............    3,424      345,654     3,139     325,003         1,111       198,991          35.4         61.2

April ......................    1,219      127,444     1,115     118,040                                                       
May ........................      923       85,816       856      81,153                                                       
June .......................    1,599      172,810     1,318     148,669                                                       

Second Quarter .............    3,741      386,070     3,289     347,862         1,421       258,256          43.2         74.2

July .......................    1,599      175,419     1,450     164,939                                                       
August .....................      963       93,458       908      88,345                                                       
September ..................      717       67,385       667      64,026                                                       

Third Quarter ..............    3,279      336,262     3,025     317,310     (2)(p)931 (2)(p)115,742       (p)30.8      (p)36.5

October ....................    1,083      108,455       929      97,716                                                       
November ...................    1,799      198,220     1,593     181,184                                                       

   1 The event realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff events lasting more than 30 days. The
initial claimant realization rate is the percentage of all private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants associated with
layoffs lasting more than 30 days.
   2 These quarterly numbers are provisional and will be revised as more data on these layoffs become available.
Experience suggests that the number of extended mass layoff events is generally revised upwards by less than 10 percent and
the number of initial claimants associated with such events increases by 25-40 percent.
   p = preliminary.





Table 5.  Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region and division,
not seasonally adjusted

                                                                                       Initial claimants for         
                                            Mass layoff events                         unemployment insurance        
  Census region and division

                                  November  September  October  November  November   September   October     November
                                    2006      2007      2007      2007       2006       2007        2007        2007 

        United States (1) ...      1,315       717     1,083     1,799     136,186     67,385     108,455     198,220

Northeast ...................        207        96       141       355      20,723      8,660      12,152      34,766

    New England .............         25        10         9        38       2,090        756         614       3,754
    Middle Atlantic .........        182        86       132       317      18,633      7,904      11,538      31,012

South .......................        227       160       230       350      27,536     15,913      23,180      42,139

    South Atlantic ..........        113        78       131       180      12,800      6,303      11,952      19,924
    East South Central ......         54        38        51        91       6,109      5,018       6,791       9,831
    West South Central ......         60        44        48        79       8,627      4,592       4,437      12,384

Midwest .....................        429       156       261       483      49,067     17,273      38,853      62,163

    East North Central ......        333       119       215       389      39,291     13,995      32,840      51,952
    West North Central ......         96        37        46        94       9,776      3,278       6,013      10,211

West ........................        452       305       451       611      38,860     25,539      34,270      59,152

    Mountain ................         49        23        38        76       4,457      2,166       2,905       6,893
    Pacific .................        403       282       413       535      34,403     23,373      31,365      52,259

   1 See footnote 1, table 3.
   NOTE:  The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England:
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic:  New Jersey, New York,
and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central:  Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South
Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central:  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and
Wisconsin; West North Central:  Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain:
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific:  Alaska, California, Hawaii,  
Oregon, and Washington.





Table 6. State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally
adjusted

                                                                                    Initial claimants for            
                                       Mass layoff events                          unemployment insurance            
           State                                                                                                     
                           November    September   October   November    November     September    October   November
                              2006        2007       2007       2007        2006         2007        2007      2007  
                                                                                                                     
   Total (1) ............    1,315         717      1,083      1,799      136,186       67,385    108,455    198,220
                                                                                                                    
Alabama .................       12          18         10         29        1,512        1,836      1,037      2,917
Alaska ..................        6         (2)        -            8          716         (2)         -          780
Arizona .................     (2)          (2)          7          3         (2)          (2)         610        197
Arkansas ................        5           6         10         12        1,014          565      1,486      2,678
California ..............      327         256        380        455       27,433       21,144     28,004     44,127
Colorado ................        9           3          4         14          691          261        322      1,244
Connecticut .............        3         (2)       (2)           3          318         (2)        (2)         232
Delaware ................      -           (2)       (2)           3          -           (2)        (2)         356
District of Columbia ....      -            -         -          -            -            -          -          -  
Florida .................       35          47         79         73        2,207        2,985      5,082      4,499
Georgia .................       28          18         21         39        3,904        1,633      2,835      7,500
Hawaii ..................     (2)          (2)       (2)           5         (2)          (2)        (2)         390
Idaho ...................       12           3          3         21          963          222        192      2,101

Illinois ................       55          31         39         67        5,849        3,486      7,710      7,704
Indiana .................       44          11         29         52        7,285        2,826      5,129      7,638
Iowa ....................       19           8         15         23        2,352          840      1,662      2,503
Kansas ..................        7           4          3       (2)           822          295        347       (2) 
Kentucky ................       24          14         28         34        3,341        2,611      3,449      4,747
Louisiana ...............       13           8          7          6        1,229          563        453      1,672
Maine ...................        4         (2)        -            6          322         (2)         -          467
Maryland ................        9           6          7         11        1,236          431        702      1,446
Massachusetts ...........        9           3          4         18          665          196        234      1,495
Michigan ................       82          24         51         92       10,636        2,844      5,187     15,578
Minnesota ...............       39           4          9         41        3,360          524        745      4,315
Mississippi .............        8           4       (2)          12          443          471        183        839
Missouri ................       26          16         18         19        2,448        1,141      3,165      2,312

Montana .................        7         (2)          5          8          789         (2)         430        760
Nebraska ................     (2)            5       (2)           4         (2)           478        (2)        402
Nevada ..................       15           7         14         18        1,704          529       1,027     1,713
New Hampshire ...........     (2)           -         -         (2)          (2)           -           -         (2)
New Jersey ..............       47          19         16         50        7,197        1,985      1,327      6,234
New Mexico ..............        5           3       (2)        (2)           258          644       (2)        (2) 
New York ................       33          24         28         82        2,918        1,914      3,202      7,658
North Carolina ..........       13         (2)          3          4        1,423         (2)         212        457
North Dakota ............        4          -         -            4          406          -          -          444
Ohio ....................       48          29         53         68        4,998        2,579     10,896      7,369
Oklahoma ................        5           5       (2)           6          890          858       (2)       1,198
Oregon ..................       32          15         17         37        2,668        1,324      2,106      3,866
Pennsylvania ............      102          43         88        185        8,518        4,005      7,009     17,120

Rhode Island ............     (2)           -           3        -           (2)           -          249        -  
South Carolina ..........       16           3         13         28        1,994          242      2,504      3,038
South Dakota ............      -            -         -         (2)           -            -          -         (2) 
Tennessee ...............       10         (2)         11         16          813         (2)       2,122      1,328
Texas ...................       37          25         30         55        5,494        2,606      2,414      6,836
Utah ....................      -             3       (2)           9            -          220       (2)         658
Vermont .................        6           4       (2)          10          582          331       (2)       1,500
Virginia ................       11         (2)          6         18        1,979         (2)        465       2,384
Washington ..............       36           8         14         30        3,390          616      1,058      3,096
West Virginia ...........     (2)           -        (2)           4         (2)           -         (2)         244
Wisconsin ...............      104          24         43        110       10,523        2,260      3,918     13,663
Wyoming .................      -            -        (2)        (2)           -            -         (2)        (2) 

Puerto Rico .............        7           8         11         15          626          750        894      1,385

   1  See footnote 1, table 3.
   2  Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
   NOTE: Dash represents zero.