Posted on 07/02/24
| News Source: Pikesville Patch
United Parcel Service plans to lay off 540 people when it closes a Baltimore County distribution center next month, according to a state database.
UPS filed a Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice with the Maryland Department of Labor on June 20 notifying the state that it plans to lay off hundreds of employees at its sorting facility at 3901 Vero Rd. in Halethorpe. The facility is located in southwestern Baltimore County, near Interstates 95 and 695.
The effective date of the layoffs is Aug. 23, according to the notice. UPS did not immediately respond to Patch's request for comment.
UPS previously laid off 118 employees at the same facility in March. A spokesperson previously told Patch the company was "reducing the package sorting operations at a few UPS facilities," including the one in Halethorpe.
In January, UPS chief executive Carol Tomé said the company plans to cut about 12,000 jobs this year as the company tries to cut costs due to falling package volumes and higher wages linked to a union contract it signed in the summer, the New York Times reported.
Ms. Tomé said most of the job cuts would be made in the first half of the year, reducing expenses by about $1 billion, according to the Times. UPS employs about 500,000 people.