'We're getting double whammied right now': Local union president reacts to planned UPS layoffs

'We're getting double whammied right now': Local union president reacts to planned UPS layoffs

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — As part of the largest reconfiguration in UPS history, the package delivery service announced it will be slashing 20,000 jobs and closing over 70 facilities.   According to the union that represents some of our area’s UPS workers, Teamsters Local 519, around 300 employees have been laid off since January. Teamsters 519 President Wes Trotterchaud said this is mostly due to the Knoxville UPS hub closing for renovations an…

400 layoffs planned at former Walmart robotics unit in Massachusetts

A Massachusetts automation company has announced plans to lay off hundreds of employees at a facility it purchased from Walmart earlier this year. Wilmington-based Symbotic LLC, which develops automated warehouse technology, will cut 400 jobs at the Andover location by June 27, according to a Massachusetts Workers Adjustment Retraining Notice filed with the state on April 29.