- “Layoffs continue to significantly impact the freight industry as firms in California and Texas announced more than 1,048 layoffs over the past week.”
- UPS plans to eliminate 355 workers by mid-July at its West Sacramento warehouse as part of what it calls “the largest network reconfiguration in UPS history.”
- FedEx Supply Chain Logistics and Electronics will cut 305 jobs at its North Fort Worth, Texas center, attributing the move to “a customer moving to another facility and contracting with a new third-party logistics provider.”
- F&S Produce West LLC is set to slash 255 positions at its southeast Houston facility, though no reason was provided in its WARN notice.
- Specialty manufacturer L&T Precision will close its Poway, California plant by August 1, resulting in 81 layoffs.
- Amazon will let go of 52 employees across four Sunnyvale, California sites—including 33 at its Lab126 engineering hub.
- These cuts reflect a broader industry shift as firms reconfigure operations and respond to changing customer contracts and demand
https://www.yahoo.com/news/freight-industry-layoffs-surge-across-185347729.html