WestRock Company layoffs in Illinois

WestRock Company has filed 2 WARN notices in Illinois since January 2023, covering 121 workers at 2 sites in Cook County. They came in 2 filing rounds, received by the Illinois DCEO on May 2 and Sep 28, 2023. The latest notice (73 workers) took effect on Nov 30, 2023.

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Latest notice
Source
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

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Summary

WARN notices2
Workers affected121
Closures173 workers; the rest are layoffs
Received datesMay 2023 – Sep 2023
Largest notice73WestRock Company, Sep 28, 2023

All 2 notices

Newest first. Employer names and worker counts are as filed with the state; each notice links to the state's official listing (Illinois WARN reports), which has no page for a single notice.
ReceivedEmployer (as filed)CountySiteWorkersTypeReasonFirst layoffSource
Sep 28, 2023WestRock CompanyCook9540 S. Dorchester Ave., Chicago, IL 6062873ClosureNot ProvidedNov 30, 2023Listing
May 2, 2023WestRock CompanyCook4221 N. Normandy Ave., Chicago, IL 6063448LayoffNot ProvidedJul 31, 2023Listing

Methodology

Source
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity — monthly WARN reports (Illinois workNet)
What is included
Every Illinois WARN notice we have stored whose employer name matches this employer once site names, addresses and legal suffixes such as "Inc." or "LLC" are set aside, from all years collected, not only the current one. Totals are calculated by us from the notices.
Last updated
Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
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Money Tracker Daily, "WestRock Company layoffs in Illinois", updated October 7, 2026, https://moneytrackerdaily.com/trackers/layoffs/illinois/company/westrock-company. Data: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, monthly WARN reports (Illinois workNet).

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