By the end of that period, UPS expects to implement major automation projects at 63 sites ... along with last year's layoffs ...

UPS also cut staff last year. In April 2024 the shipping giant closed its North Portland sorting warehouse. In the process it cut 312 part-time employees and 19 full-time workers, according to the ...

Layoffs will also be impacting 244 more employees at a UPS warehouse in Portland, Ore. as at it preps to temporarily close the location beginning this summer. According to the WARN notice of the ...

with the layoffs happening June 20, 2025. All are members of Teamsters Local 162. The notification said it will be a “temporary closure” at Swan Island. More than a year ago, UPS announced ...

Layoffs and market uncertainty have weighed ... the economic impact of tariffs or the rise of digital labor (AI-induced automation) and the impact on human jobs, things arguably haven’t been ...

The temporary closure and permanent layoffs in Portland are part of an overall strategy to consolidate facilities and boost automation at dozens of UPS shipping hubs across the country.