Transportation Industry Layoff News Updates

Business, Logistics

Schneider Lays Off 107 Workers in California

Schneider National Carriers will lay off 107 employees at a Fontana, Calif., distribution terminal, the result of a failed home-delivery operation it launched three years ago.

August 30, 2019
Business

Comcar Industries Looks to Hire Former LME Drivers

Two weeks after LME Inc. abruptly shut down its trucking operations in the Upper Midwest, leaving several hundred employees, including drivers, without jobs, another trucking company is looking to hire those drivers.

July 22, 2019
Business, Logistics, TCA

Minnesota Carrier LME Abruptly Closes Doors

New Brighton, Minn., carrier LME abruptly shut down 30 delivery terminals July 11, leaving hundreds of workers laid off with no notice and at least some unpaid.

July 12, 2019
Business, Top 100

A Trucking Industry Veteran's Family Comments on Bygone Age at New England Motor Freight

Ashley Casiano writes about the larger issues surrounding her father's job loss when New England Motor Freight ceased operation.

June 24, 2019
Business, Logistics

Nestle US Unit to Cut 4,000 Jobs by Stopping Direct-to-Store Delivery

Nestle SA’s U.S. unit will lay off about 4,000 workers as it stops delivering frozen pizza and ice cream directly to stores and instead transitions to a warehouse model that’s becoming an industry standard for major food companies looking to trim costs.

May 7, 2019
Business

Falcon Transport Faces Employee Lawsuit After Closure

A Youngstown, Ohio-based trucking company laid off about 550 employees on April 27, only a year and a half after being purchased by a Los Angeles investment firm, and is now facing an employee lawsuit.

May 3, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100

Ryder to Shutter California Distribution Center, Lay Off 145 Workers

Trucking and logistics company Ryder System will cease operations at its Moreno Valley, Calif., distribution center, leading to layoffs for 145 employees there.

April 8, 2019
Business, Logistics, TCA

CSX Layoffs Hit Chicago Switching Yard Amid National Cost-Cutting Moves, Union Says

Railroad giant CSX, which is under fire from regulators for operating changes that have disrupted its freight service nationwide, laid off more than 6o employees this week at its primary Chicago switching yard, according to the workers’ union.

August 10, 2017
Business

U.S. Xpress Laying Off 100 in Tennessee, Georgia

Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises said it is laying off 100 employees — all nondrivers — at two southeastern locations, citing a change in “company focus.â€

August 3, 2017
Business

Comprehensive Logistics to Lay Off Employees in January

Comprehensive Logistics will lay off employees in January, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice Act document filed with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

December 6, 2016