Groups of people entitled to WARN Act layoff notice include employees affected by the reduction in force or representatives of the affected employees, the stateâs dislocated worker unit, which responds on-site to assist workers facing job losses, and the local government in which the facility is located.
Grand Junction is situated 247 miles (398 km) west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 58,566. Grand Junction is the 15th most populous city in the State of Colorado and the most populous city on the Colorado Western Slope. Grand Junction serves as a major commercial and transportation hub within the large area between the Green River and the Continental Divide.
The city is located along the Colorado River, where it receives the Gunnison River from the south. The name Grand refers to the historical Grand River, which was renamed the upper Colorado River in 1921, and the word Junction is from the joining of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers. Hence, Grand Junction has been given the nickname River City.