World Book Inc

510 Merchandise Mart Plaza Chicago, IL 60654, Illinois

124 workers · Closure · filed Jun 1, 1989

A WARN notice is filed with the state before a plant closing or a mass layoff, under the federal WARN Act or a state law like it. Workers is the number the employer said would be affected; plans can change after filing. Data sources

Company
World Book Inc
Workers
124 workers
Kind
Closure
Notice date
Jun 1, 1989
Location
510 Merchandise Mart Plaza Chicago, IL 60654
State
Illinois
Notice
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As published

Location Name
World Book Inc
Doing Business As Name
WORLD BOOK, INC.
Location Address
510 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Location City
Chicago
Location State
IL
Location Zipcode
60654
County
Cook County
LWIA #
7
LWIA
7 - Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
Layoff Type
State
WARN Notice
True
Trade
No
Causes
Consolidation
Reason
Plant Closure
Status
Closed
Report Source
Company Notification
Industry
Information
NAICS Codes
513120 - Periodical Publishers
IEBS Id
19900112002
Approximate Total # of Full-Time Employees
124
Expected Layoff
124
Revised Layoff
124
Initial Date Reported
1989-06-01 00:00:00
Last Report Date
1989-06-01 00:00:00
Notification Date(s)
6/1/1989
Unions Involved
False
Has public layoff assistance web page
Yes

From the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's WARN list, row 395, read Oct 3, 2026; first seen here Oct 3, 2026. Read with Big Local News's warn-scraper and warn-transformer.