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More than 1,200 Amazon vendors are set to lose their jobs within the next few months after store management cut ties with small delivery companies across the country.
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Seven companies, part of Amazon’s Delivery Service Partner program, announced in WARN applications in Worker adjustment and retraining notification in New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania that they would leave 1,205 drivers when facilities close.
An Amazon Prime Supplier in Pacifica California May 11, 2020 (iStock)
In 2018, Amazon launched the program, taking a bite out of the U.S. package delivery company, long dominated by UPS and FedEx. As of December 2019, there were more than 800 Amazon Delivery Service Partners in the last mile network, with 75,000 drivers in the United States.
As part of the widespread layoffs and closures of plants, Sheffield Express, LLC will lay off 95 workers in Bristol, Conn., Through Sept. 30.
Systemize Logistics and TL Transportation, LLC will lay off 144 workers within October and November.
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Courier Distribution Systems, LLC, Deliverol Global, Inc., TLT Transportation, and Prime EFS LLC will lay off nearly 300 workers between August and October, according to the announcements.
The WARN ACT requires companies to close plants within 60 days in advance and issue comprehensive redundancies.
Representatives for Amazon did not immediately respond to a request from FOX Business for comment.
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