General Motors and two school-bus companies led the layoffs, affecting over 2,600 workers in Michigan and Missouri.
In newly released data on initial jobless claims, two states had notable spikes in mass layoffs, primarily in the automobile and manufacturing sectors.Missouri and Michigan saw increases of 1,443 and 1,204, respectively, in jobless claims filed the week ending March 16. In Missouri, the automobile industry bore the brunt of the layoffs. In Michigan, the manufacturing sector did, the Department of Labor reported.
Additional layoffs in the state have been announced by other sectors, including food manufacturing, Big Tech and biotech.According to the Department of Labor, jobless claims for the week ending March 23 were slightly below projections at 210,000.
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