DENVER — Delivery workers are usually in high demand when the holidays roll around, but the story is different at UPS, which recently told state officials that hundreds of layoffs are coming at the beginning of next year.
In a letter signed Thursday of last week, a human resources employee for UPS told the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) and Commerce City Mayor Steve Douglas that “due to changing business realities in our network,” the company was moving to lay off more than 400 workers at the facility located at 5190 Ivy St., effective Jan. 15, 2025.
The layoffs come as the company works to add more automation equipment to the location, which is expected to save $3 billion in costs by 2028, according to our partners at The Denver Post.
In all, 404 employees will be laid off, including 401 on the package processing side as well as 3 revenue recovery employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter, or WARN, for short. The letter was obtained by Denver7 Monday and requires businesses provide employees with a 60-day notice in case of mass layoffs.