Nearly 500 US Cellular workers to be laid off in Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Iowa WARN is reporting nearly 500 US Cellular employees will be laid off across the state.

The layoffs are part of US Cellular’s nationwide layoffs announced Tuesday. A total of 4,100 layoffs are expected across the country.

Iowa WARN reports nearly 300 of the layoffs are in eastern Iowa:

  • Cedar Rapids – 214
  • Iowa City – 8
  • Dubuque – 18
  • Coralville — 10
  • Cedar Falls – 8
  • Waterloo 11
  • Manchester – 6
  • Ottumwa — 15

The rest of the layoffs are in central and western Iowa…

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