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Mass layoffs affect 5,300 furniture workers in fourth quarter. (Trends & News).

There were 35 extended mass layoffs in the furniture industry in the fourth quarter of 2001, affecting 5,336 workers, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

That was up from 23 extended mass layoffs in the third quarter, and only eight in the fourth quarter of

2000. The number of workers who lost their jobs in those quarters were 3,176 and 795, respectively.

An extended mass layoff is defined as a layoff of at least 31 days that involves 50 or more individuals from a single establishment.

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