Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
Sonoco
76 workers across 2 WARN notices, primarily in VA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 76
- Workers cut
- 2
- WARN notices
- 2
- States
- 38
- Avg / notice
Sonoco has 2 recorded WARN filings affecting 76 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Sonoco has 2 recorded filings covering 76 workers across 2 states, primarily VA, the 3,379th-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
Sonoco is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — under 0.1% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #1,542 in Other Services.
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer SONOCO · Sonoco 76 workers · 2 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-LIGHT · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-DUAL · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-LIGHT 2 filings
- WORK-LIGHT #3,379
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 192d
- STAT-MULTI 2 states
- BOOK-DUAL 2 agencies
- TYPE-MIX 1C/1L
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
What changed - Sonoco WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2011 → 2015: WARN workers affected for Sonoco rose from 0 in 2011 to 76 in 2015; notice count held from 1 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2015.
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- VA
- Primary Industry
- Other Services
- First Notice
- Apr 28, 2011
- Latest Notice
- Oct 16, 2015
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Oct 2015.
WARN Notice History
2015
New Albany, IN · Manufacturing
Effective: Aug 31, 2016
76
workers
Filed Oct 16, 2015
2011
Sanston, VA · Other Services
Effective: Jun 30, 2011
-
workers
Filed Apr 28, 2011
Questions about this Sonoco record
What is the largest Sonoco WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the facility closure filed for New Albany, IN on Oct 16, 2015, covering 76 workers in Manufacturing.
Where were Sonoco's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name New Albany and Sanston; together they form 1 facility closure and 1 mass-layoff filing sourced from Indiana DWD and Virginia Works. States represented in this record: IN, VA.
Does Sonoco's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2011 through 2015 across 2 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Sonoco's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway clears the federal 60-day baseline; use the dated filing history to see which location and event produced it.
See also: VA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Sonoco notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.