Amazon Announces Layoffs At PA Warehouses

PENNSYLVANIA — Nearly 300 contract workers who provide janitorial services to several Amazon warehouses in Pennsylvania will be laid off in March when their contract with the e-commerce company ends, according to state records and a report.

Newbold Services LLC filed a WARN notice with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry notifying the state that 294 people will be laid off on March 5.

According to a PennLive.com report, the employees will be laid off because Amazon's contract with the company will not be renewed. The employees will have the opportunity to interview for jobs with Amazon's new vendor, PennLive.com reported.

According to the WARN notice filed with the states, the layoffs will affect contractors at warehouses in Lehigh, Northampton, Cumberland, York and Luzerne counties.

The specific locations affected, according to PennLive.com, are:

• 2 Ames Dr., Dickinson Township near Carlisle, Cumberland County.
• 21 Roadway Dr., Middlesex Township near Carlisle, Cumberland County.
• 500 McCarthy Dr., Fairview Township near Lewisberry, York County.
• 675 Allen Rd., South Middleton Township near Carlisle, Cumberland County.
• 705 Boulder Dr., Upper Macungie Township near Breinigsville, Lehigh County.
• 650 Boulder Dr., Upper Macungie Township near Breinigsville, Lehigh County.
• 1610 Van Buren Rd., Palmer Township near Easton, Northampton County.
• 550 Oak Ridge, Hazle Township near Hazleton Township, Luzerne County.

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act —or WARN Act — is a federal labor law passed in 1988 that requires employers with 100 or more employees to give at least 60 days advance notice of planned closings or layoffs. The goal is to protect workers, their families and their communities.