UPS Will Lay Off 160 In Richmond Within Next Year

8/24/16

By Katie Demeria, Richmond Times-Dispatch

UPS has plans to lay off 160 workers from its Richmond-based UPS Freight unit at 1000 Semmes Ave. — just south of the James River, between 10th and 11th streets — within the next 12 months.

The company said in a statement Tuesday that its UPS Freight headquarters will continue to operate in Richmond.

In the statement, the company said it is “streamlining support positions” in order “to address needed cost reductions and operating improvements.

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