WARREN COUNTY, NJ — Nearly 200 employees in Warren County will be losing their jobs, according to the most recent reports of WARN notices.
On April 12, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) were announced from Alan Ritchey, Inc.’s Phillipsburg facility.
The logistics company, headquartered in Texas, plans to lay off 176 employees by July 17, according to the WARN notice.
The layoffs will affect mostly shippers, packers, and forklift operators. The Phillipsburg facility is ceasing operations due to its contract with the United States Postal Service not being renewed, according to NJ.com.
Other companies announcing layoffs in April throughout the state include AT&T and Bristol Myers Squibb, to name a few.
Layoffs continued to rise across New Jersey in the first quarter of 2026, with employers announcing nearly 4,800 cuts through the end of March, a 30.7 percent increase over the first quarter of 2025.
The 4,785 layoffs include nearly 1,000 announced in March, with banking companies JP Morgan Chase, UBS, and Fiserv leading the list of employers making cuts.
There were 3,660 layoffs in the first three months of 2025, according to New Jersey's database that tracks WARN notifications.
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— With reporting from Karen Wall
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