Updated Wave of Pink Slips Hit As Amazon Cuts Ties With Local Companies - Offers New Jobs
Hundreds of delivery drivers will be laid off in the coming months as small logistics companies are dropped by mega-online retailer Amazon.
In this round, Courier Distribution Systems, LLC, will layoff or reduce the hours of 238 employees across its Milford, Dedham, and Everett facilities, according to a WARN letter filed with the Massachusetts Rapid Response Team.
In July, Systemized Logistics of Bristol, Connecticut, announced 50 employees would be laid off due to a decline in orders from Amazon, the company owner said in a WARN letter. The company made another 70 layoffs between its Mass…
Covid-related Layoffs Affect Thousands In Hudson Valley
Thousands of workers in the Hudson Valley have been laid off amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Nearly a dozen companies in the Hudson Valley were forced to lay off or furlough more than 2,500 employees, according to information from the New York State Department of Labor’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN).
Employers in Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Orange counties all made filings, according to the Department of Labor.
The largest reported to the state labor department is MGM Yonkers, doing business as Empire City Casino, …
Long Island Manufacturer To Close, Lay Off 63
A longtime Long Island manufacturer of parts for the automotive and defense industries has announced it will close in November and lay off all 63 employees.
Johnson & Hoffman LLC, who has been located on Voice Road for 70 years in Carle Place, will close on on Nov. 4, due to economic reasons, according to a state WARN notice.
The notice, which is required for any mass layoff or closing, was posted the company's website on Friday, Sept. 6.
On the website, the company said: "After approximately 70 years in operation, Johnson & Hoffman (J&H) a precision metal stamping company is c…
