Five Companies Account for 770+ Layoffs in Illinois This Month

NewsData.io · United States · Aug 4, 2026

Five Illinois businesses have filed WARN Act notices for layoffs totaling more than 770 workers in August 2026. The affected employers include Sunrise Transportation (204 layoffs due to a lost school district contract), Eklind Tool Company (112, plant closure), Saddle Creek Logistics (78, facility closure), Republic National Distributing Company (280, two site closures due to lack of funding), and Optum/divvyDose (98, pharmacy closure and restructuring). The concentration of layoffs across transportation, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and healthcare signals broad displacement activity in the Illinois labor market that staffing agencies can target for candidate pipeline development.