Laid off from CNH Industrial.
CNH named four Burlington package categories and left the amounts to bargaining with the UAW, so there are no terms on record, no supplemental unemployment pay in the reporting we track, and Local 807 to ask what the bargaining produced. Our tracker's 25 Iowa filings are that one wind-down, and no filing in it since the start of 2025 comes from anywhere else.
At a glance
What's known about CNH Industrial severance and layoffs
- About 200 roles, last dates March to May 2026 · Burlington, Iowa closure
- Loader backhoe demand down 47% since 2014 · Stated reason
- 25 · WARN filings since 2025, our tracker, all Iowa
- Severance, health insurance, training, replacement assistance · Company-stated package elements
- None on record · Severance amounts CNH published
- About 400, from about 600 a year earlier · UAW-covered US hourly manufacturing, end of 2025
- About 60 in engineering and testing · Jobs CNH said it would keep in Burlington
- 373 workers, no filings in our tracker · 2025 cuts at Fargo and Benson
Recent CNH Industrial layoffs
Burlington's last Iowa notices landed in February 2026
The last of our tracker's 25 Iowa notices is dated 27 February 2026, and the layoff dates on record ran from the end of March through May. CNH's UAW agreement expired on 2 May 2026, and members at Racine reached a tentative five-year deal covering about 300 workers two days later. Reporting second quarter results on 3 August 2026, chief executive Gerrit Marx described a market that remains at the trough of the agriculture cycle.
Previous rounds
CNH Industrial layoff history
What CNH put in public about Burlington was a list of categories, not a set of terms. The company said it would negotiate separation packages with the UAW and intended them to cover severance pay, continued health insurance, job training and replacement assistance. That sentence is as far as the public statements go on what the closure pays. No amount follows it, no service scale, and nothing in the reporting we track describes supplemental unemployment pay. That leaves UAW Local 807, the local CNH said it would bargain with, and the notice with your own name on it as the two places to ask.
The decision took a year to settle. CNH said in November 2024 that it had tentatively decided to move backhoe, tractor loader and rough terrain forklift production out of Burlington to other CNH facilities in the United States and Europe, warning about 350 workers, and called that early warning decisional bargaining, with the UAW contacted on 7 November. It finalized on 4 November 2025, with production stopping gradually by the second quarter of 2026 and about 200 employees affected, putting the cause down to loader backhoe demand off 47% since 2014. By January 2026 the Iowa WARN record carried 209 workers with layoff dates from the end of March through May. Senator Chuck Grassley had told the Senate floor that November that his office urged CNH to take care of its employees.
Our WARN filing tracker holds 42 all-time CNH filings and 25 filings covering 397 jobs since the start of 2025, and Iowa accounts for all of them. Those 25 arrived on two notice dates, the biggest entries being 52 and 42 jobs on 20 January 2026 and 47 on 27 February, which is what a phased wind-down leaves on paper rather than one clean round. The absences matter as much as the count. CNH's 373 cuts at Fargo and Benson in March 2025 and its Racine cuts a year earlier left nothing in the archives we hold, and a senior program manager at Job Service North Dakota said at the time that her team hadn't received a WARN notice for the Fargo layoffs while her office was already helping the people losing the jobs.
CNH's annual reports quantify what its announcements skip. It reported 34,197 employees at the end of 2025, including 9,129 in the United States and Canada, against 35,850 and 10,342 a year earlier, a fall of 1,653 worldwide by arithmetic on the two filings. The same reports size the union-covered population, approximately 400 hourly manufacturing employees in the United States under the UAW agreement at the end of 2025 and approximately 600 a year before. On the money, CNH reported restructuring costs of $22 million for 2025 against $118 million for 2024, with severance and other employee costs charged at $10 million, then $27 million of restructuring and other transformation expenses in the second quarter of 2026. None of those lines is broken out by site, so none of them prices Burlington.
Start with the paperwork you already have. Read your own notice against those four categories, and ask Local 807 what the bargaining actually produced, because naming a category says nothing about how much or how long. For unemployment, your state's own agency site is where the filing timing and eligibility rules live, and our Iowa page carries Iowa's figures beside the tracker record. As for the company, CNH said in August 2026 that its Agriculture segment would keep production low and work with its dealers to bring inventory down, which is a statement about equipment demand and not a promise about anyone's job.
Reporting on previous CNH Industrial layoff rounds
2026, Burlington phases · 209 workers on the Iowa WARN record, with final notice that January and layoff dates running from the end of March through May, reaching our tracker as 25 Iowa filings on two notice dates
Named rather than published. CNH said it would negotiate packages with the UAW and intended them to include severance pay, continued health insurance, job training and replacement assistance, and no amount, formula or service scale went on the record beside them.
March 2025, Fargo and Benson · 373 workers across two plants, 198 hourly positions at Fargo in North Dakota and 175 at Benson in Minnesota effective 11 April
Terms not published. A spokesperson said CNH was dedicated to supporting affected workers through the transition and gave no detail on what that meant.
November 2024, announcement · About 350 southeast Iowa workers warned the plant might close, with backhoe, tractor loader and forklift production tentatively moving to other CNH sites in the United States and Europe
Terms not published. CNH called the early warning decisional bargaining and said the UAW was contacted on 7 November, a year before anything was settled.
April 2024, Racine · Over 200 workers at Racine in Wisconsin, about a third of that factory's workforce, with plans described at the time to cut further
Terms not published. Senator Tammy Baldwin wrote that CNH's notification ran well short of the 60 days Wisconsin law requires when a cut reaches a quarter of the workforce, her account rather than an agency finding.
How CNH Industrial's layoffs compare to other companies
The John Deere page in our records covers the same downturn in the same farm belt, and the paperwork couldn't be less alike. Deere itemized what its production rounds came with, down to the percentages. CNH named four categories and bargained the rest, which puts a Burlington worker's answer in a local union's files rather than a press release.
What to do after being laid off from CNH Industrial
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. CNH Industrial's biggest hubs: Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what CNH Industrial's hub states run: Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and every other state is here.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.
CNH Industrial layoff and severance questions
What severance are CNH Burlington workers getting?
CNH said it would negotiate separation packages with the UAW and intended them to include severance pay, continued health insurance, job training and replacement assistance. Those four categories are all that went public. There are no terms on record, so anything more exact has to come from Local 807, which the UAW identified as the Burlington local, and from your own notice. Nothing in the reporting we track describes supplemental unemployment pay in CNH's Burlington terms, the way John Deere published it for its production rounds. That's an absence in the public record, not a statement about what the local agreed.
Why is CNH closing the Burlington plant?
The company put it down to demand. It said loader backhoe demand fell 47% after 2014 while skid steers and compact track loaders built at its other plants rose nearly 70%, which left Burlington its lowest-utilized and most costly facility to maintain. A year earlier it had said it was tentatively moving those product lines to other CNH sites in the United States and Europe.
What help do laid-off CNH workers get beyond severance?
It depends on your state, and what's on record is one office's actual work rather than a promise. When CNH cut 198 jobs at Fargo in 2025, a senior program manager at Job Service North Dakota said her workforce center was opening late two nights to help people file for unemployment, search for jobs and work on resumes, and hosting an event where area employers met affected workers. Your own state agency is where to ask what it runs.
Did CNH file WARN notices for its layoffs outside Iowa?
Not in the archives we hold. All 25 filings our tracker holds from 2025 onward are Iowa, and both the 2025 round at Fargo and Benson and the 2024 round at Racine left nothing in it. Reporting at the time recorded a state official saying no WARN notice had reached her office for the Fargo layoffs, and a senator saying Racine's notice ran short of what Wisconsin requires. The tracker records filings, not cuts.
Does CNH still have a UAW contract after Burlington?
The company reported approximately 400 hourly manufacturing employees in the United States under a UAW agreement at the end of 2025, expiring on 2 May 2026, against approximately 600 a year earlier. Two days after that expiration the UAW said members at Racine had reached a tentative five-year agreement covering about 300, with 22% general wage increases for production and 29% for skilled trades. The record we hold stops at that tentative deal, so treat ratification as unconfirmed here.
Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from CNH Industrial?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. CNH Industrial's biggest U.S. hubs are Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.
Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at CNH Industrial?
Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.
What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at CNH Industrial?
Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.
Should I sign the severance agreement right away?
First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.
Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from CNH Industrial?
Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.