Layoffs

Almost 40,000 will be on the unemployment line.

After surviving the 2008 flood, Bimm Ridder in Cedar Rapids has to impose layoffs due to COVID-19.

John Deere's Dubuque plant joins Davenport in laying off a number of its employees in recent months.

Less than two years after announcing they were adding 500 new jobs, Whirlpool is now laying people off.

The Sheraton in Iowa City has announced layoff and a temporary closing as it transitions to new ownership.

The cuts will be made at the main hospital and not at Mercy clinics. Most of the employees affected will be administrative and support personnel.

The Cedar Rapids layoffs account for 15 percent of a larger cost-reducing across the company.

A company that celebrated its 50th anniversary in Iowa City two years ago has announced plans to cut nearly 75 percent of its workforce.

Rockwell Collins reports it will be cutting its workforce by 2 to 3 percent in the next fiscal year.